Meet Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi. Have you heard of her? Is she as well known as Malala? “Abeer was a 14-year-old Iraqi girl who lived in a house to the southwest of Yusufiyah, a village to the west of the town of Al-Mahmudiyah, Iraq. On March 12, 2006, five soldiers walked to Abeer’s house, and separated her from her family. They shot the parents and sister dead, and proceeded to rape Abeer before killing her. They then burnt the house down, and pretended that Sunnis had set off the fire. Later on, the crime was uncovered and the perpetrators arrested. The mastermind of the crime admitted on record that he didn’t think Iraqis were humans. Abeer was going to school before the US invasion but had to stop going because of her father’s concerns for her safety. She probably had high hopes of studying and becoming a professional. Her father’s commitment to education is evidenced by the fact that he insisted his sons continue going to school even after the invasion had begun.Abeer wanted to study and wanted to go to school but was stopped from doing so by men with another agenda. Does her story sound familiar? Abeer’s story was erased out of history books. Where Western journalists took pains to write Malala’s story in detail, invite her to receptions, give her awards, even help her write a book, the story of another girl yearning for an education was discussed nowhere!! Malala and Abeer is a comparison that shows the difference in the narrative told by the West” (Ayesha Nasir - Journalist, Islamabad)
Posted on: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 07:58:22 +0000
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