Iraqi beauty queen draws criticism for Israel visit

AP ^ | June 2018

[CondoleezzaProtege]

Sarah Idan, Iraq’s 2017 Miss Universe beauty pageant contestant, is visiting Israel this week, a trip that has enraged people back home.

Idan was criticized and received death threats after taking a selfie with Israeli contestant Adal Gandelsman during last November’s competition. She arrived in Israel this week and reunited with Gandelsman during a visit organized by the American Jewish Committee to “talk about peace.”

Miss Iraq, who currently resides in the U.S., received the title in 2017 after the original winner was disqualified for being married. Her appearance in Israel drew harsh criticism from Iraqis on social media. Iraq and Israel don’t have diplomatic relations.

Despite criticism, Idan says she isn’t afraid, and that she visited Israel “because I want peace for everyone, for Israelis, for Palestinians.”

[bankwalker]

I'll take that girl with the skinny legs.

[Yo-Yo]

I remember that song!

[NorthMountain]

Charming lass.

[jmacusa]

Laz would hit it.

[jmacusa]

No fair! I’m tellin’....

[Cecily]

Beauty queens actually taking a small action for world peace rather than just saying they want world peace. Good for them.

[SJackson]

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[Eleutheria5]

Very not shariah.

[Eleutheria5]

That’s one way to recycle a chadour.

[golux]

Jews, Moslems, and Arabs have in fact lived alongside each other for centuries. Never met a soul in Iraq that “hated” Jews. We are, in fact, practically the same people. Fairly convinced a great deal of this “hate” is invented by power-hungry politicians and a few extremist knucklehead Moslems.

[golux]

(...And creepy inbred so-called Jews whom David himself would kick to the curb...)