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Iraqi actress Enas Taleb sues 'The Economist' for depicting her as 'fat'
The National News ^ | 8/10/2022 | Sinan Mahmoud

Posted on 08/12/2022 5:07:15 PM PDT by simpson96

Iraqi actress Enas Taleb is taking legal action against The Economist magazine after it used her image as a cover photo for a story about obesity among women in the Middle East.

The British weekly's story — Why women are fatter than men in the Arab world — argued that social barriers and a lack of access to jobs were keeping women indoors and preventing them from going to gyms or playing sport in public areas, leading to an obesity crisis.

At the end of the article, the magazine quoted some women as saying that one of the widespread social norms in Arab countries is that many men prefer them “to be Rubenesque”.

The magazine did not interview Taleb, but its story concluded with the line: “Iraqis often cite Enas Taleb, an actress with ample curves, as the ideal of beauty."(snip)

Earlier this week, she told the Arabic news channel, Al Arabiya, that the article was “a great insult to the Arab woman in general and the Iraqi woman in particular”.

The mother of two claimed that she is not as large as the photo depicts her, accusing the magazine of “manipulating and distorting” it.

“I have been facing bullying and offensive comments,” she told the station from Amman, Jordan, where she resides. Taleb is seeking compensation for emotional, mental and social damage.

She did not provide details about the lawsuit.

(Excerpt) Read more at thenationalnews.com ...


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To: simpson96
The Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment writes itself:

Comes now The Economist (“Defendant”) and files its Motion for Summary Judgment against Enas Taleb’s (“Plaintiff”) claim that Defendant falsely depicted Plaintiff as fat, and in support thereof would show the court Defendant’s Exhibit No. 1, the Plaintiff.

Respectfully submitted,

Dewey, Cheatum and Howe

Attorneys for Defendant

81 posted on 08/12/2022 8:45:27 PM PDT by Pilsner
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To: simpson96
Well, ... She IS fat...







82 posted on 08/12/2022 9:32:56 PM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: Bikkuri
oops.. named it "Fat_stupid_Iranian" instead of Iraqi.. :P

apologies :D
83 posted on 08/12/2022 9:34:13 PM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: robowombat
"Lardy?"


Oh Lardy... uh, Lordy...
😉
84 posted on 08/12/2022 9:37:03 PM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: wardaddy

DG?


85 posted on 08/12/2022 9:37:26 PM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: higgmeister
"Rubenesque"


I actually had to look that up 😬
86 posted on 08/12/2022 9:38:58 PM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: Bikkuri

I was an art major in another life. Actually I realized I would starve to death and enlisted.


87 posted on 08/12/2022 9:46:36 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: higgmeister
I did take "The History of Art" as a requirement for a BBA..

It WOULD have been interesting if the instructor wasn't exactly like that teacher on Ferris Bueller's Day Off (plus about 100 pounds), and within 5 minutes of the start of class, 99% of us were asleep...
I really want to describe his class, was really something out of a Hollyweird comic.. but it would put everyone to sleep 🤓






CIA should use that as a torture technique 😜


88 posted on 08/12/2022 10:02:42 PM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

I agree, but my point is that irrespective of their universal accuracy there are criteria that they will be able to use in court.


89 posted on 08/13/2022 12:42:55 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: simpson96

Ahab the arab’s favorite, Fatima!


90 posted on 08/13/2022 12:59:39 AM PDT by going hot (Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
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To: simpson96

Hefty, Hefty, Hefty!


91 posted on 08/13/2022 4:53:03 AM PDT by Bartholomew Roberts
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To: Bikkuri

Dollar general


92 posted on 08/13/2022 6:01:21 AM PDT by wardaddy (Lawyers guns and money……I lived it…. Now I'm old…. I have wonderful children)
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To: Cecily

“I’ll weigh in with pudgy or plump.”

Very diplomatic. You’re tipping the scales in her favor.


93 posted on 08/13/2022 7:06:09 AM PDT by moovova
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To: Chode

“Full-figured gals” is what Jane Russell used to say.


94 posted on 08/13/2022 7:14:18 AM PDT by x
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To: simpson96

95 posted on 08/13/2022 7:26:30 AM PDT by David Chase
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To: Bikkuri

You may not remember that Ben Stein “began his career as a speechwriter for U.S. presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.”


96 posted on 08/13/2022 8:41:54 AM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: x

yup, to us though, it meant like a Chevy A-body, full size vs compact or wagon... 8^)


97 posted on 08/13/2022 8:46:33 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: higgmeister

Yes, that was interesting :)


98 posted on 08/13/2022 8:47:06 AM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: higgmeister
I went into the military when I ran out of $$ (working full-time and 2 part-time jobs (including radio DJ))..
21 credit hours/week (after 1 year)..
At least I got a bump in rank (to E-3).

Finished education and got bumped to mustang (E to O). self torture..


*(should have taken normal class level)*
:\
99 posted on 08/13/2022 8:53:29 AM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: Bikkuri
LOL   I got E3 for enlisting for six years.   My younger brother had his degree when he went in and did the mustang (E to O). He did the E3 thing in basic like you, and sewed on E4 just for being selected to attend Medina Annex.   Then he got a force reduction retirement as a Major after 17 years.
100 posted on 08/13/2022 11:17:37 AM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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