She was attacked by a motorcycle while she was in her vehicle in front of her home in central Baghdad. In 2023, she was sentenced to six months in prison for “the publication of several videos with indecent intentions”
a famous iraqi tiktoker, sentenced last year to prison for publishing content considered “indecent” on social networks, was murdered shot at Baghdad, two security officials reported.
Om Fahad, with tens of thousands of followers on TikTok and Instagram, became famous for her videos in which she appears in tight outfits, moving to the rhythm of Arabic melodies, in a largely conservative and patriarchal country.
The young woman was shot dead by an attacker on a motorcycle while she was in her vehicle in front of her home in central Baghdad, two security officials told the AFP agency on condition of anonymity.
Conviction for publishing content on social networks
In February 2023, a court in the first instance sentenced Om Fahad to six months in prison for “the publication of several videos with indecent intentions and that violate public modesty and customs.”
Last year, the Iraqi government launched a campaign to identify and prosecute “decadent content” on social media that went “against the morals and traditions” of society.
For this purpose, a platform was created that allowed Internet users to report inappropriate publications. Several social media stars were sentenced to prison or forced to apologize for their content, which was sometimes nothing more than humorous or satirical videos.
In 2018, the model and “influencer” Tara Fares She was murdered in Baghdad by several gunshots in her white convertible Porsche.
In an Iraq hit by decades of conflict, the circulation of weapons is quite widespread, although security forces have launched a campaign to recover this arsenal.
Source: Ambito
