The dissatisfaction photo is used to prove "Arab woman is fatter", Iraqi actress tells "Economist"

Jimu Journalist Song Qingying

Intern Yang Xingnan

Recently, the British media "Economist" published an article entitled "Why the Arab world is more fat than men than men". The article is equipped with a picture, which is a picture of Iraqi actress Enas Tellerb.

According to BBC reported on August 10, Tellerb was suing "Economist" because the report was used by her photos without her permission. She also questioned: "Why" Economist "is interested in obese women in the Arab world, not women in Europe or America?"

"Economist" report screenshot

This report was released in late July, and the article pointed out that Arab women are fatter than men. The causes of obesity may be poverty, and local women are affected by social concepts, staying at home for a long time. Another reason may be that local men believe that maintaining their body shape will make them more popular.

This article uses the photos of Enas Tallbu 9 months ago when I participated in the Babylonian International Art Festival.

Ener Talbu was very dissatisfied with this. She said that her photos were used without permission, which violated her freedom and privacy.

At the same time, she also claimed that the photo published in "Economics" has been processed, not the original picture. She said: "This is an insult to Arab women, especially Iraqi women."

Ener Talbu is 42 years old and is one of the famous actresses in Iraq. He has 9 million fans on the social media "Instagram". She said she had sued the Economist in the UK through legal channels.

The article was also criticized in social media, and netizens accused the "ethnicist" "racism", "gender discrimination" and "humiliation" Arab women.

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