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Threats of violence after TV talk show on women in Sudan
25-9-2018
In its issue of today, Al Akhbar newspaper wrote about the controversy sparked by the Deutschewelle DW Arabic language ‘Shabab Talk’ show in which Lebanese presenter, Jaafar Abdel Karim, tackled the situation of women in Sudan. Al Akhbar said the topic provoked hate speech and violent messages of boycott which targeted Abdel Karim and Sudania 24 partner channel. The story began when 28-year old Sudanese woman, Weam Showki, derided the repression, humiliation and harassment against women in the North African country, addressing the head of the Sudan Scholars Corporation, professor Mohamad Osman Saleh, who participated in the debate. “The clothes I wear are part of my humanity and freedom of choice and not the choice of society with its sick and outdated traditions,” Showki said. Her rhetoric caused a heated discussion between supporters and opponents of gender equality and garnered hashtags and calls to boycott Sadania 24. Extremists also threatened the presenter and owner of the production channel with the use of artillery and machineguns. DW Arabic website clarified that the subject has reached imams of mosques who criticized the content of the show at their Friday sermons and the uproar reached the headlines of local newspapers. (Al Akhbar, September 25, 2018)
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