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'''Umm Fahad''' (alternatively known as '''Um Fahad''',<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iraq-investigating-killing-um-fahad-social-media-influencer/,</ref> born '''Ghufran Mahdi Sawadi''', 1996-26 April, 2024) was an Iraqi Tik-Tok personality and internet influencer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.albanyherald.com/news/iraqi-tiktok-star-umm-fahad-shot-dead-in-baghdad/article_256c36a2-48c5-529f-b30e-880d333c45cc.html|title=Iraqi TikTok star Umm Fahad shot dead in Baghdad|first=Aqeel Najim, Nechirvan Mando and Duarte Mendonca|last=CNN|date=April 27, 2024|website=Albany Herald}}</ref> |
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'''Umm Fahad'''{{efn|Alternatively spelled Um Farad (alternatively known as '''Um Fahad'''<ref name="CBS">{{cite news |title=Iraqi social media influencer Um Fahad shot dead by motorbike gunman in Baghdad - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iraq-investigating-killing-um-fahad-social-media-influencer |access-date=28 April 2024 |work=www.cbsnews.com |date=27 April 2024}}</ref>}} ({{lang-ar|أم فهد}}; born '''Ghufran Mahdi Sawadi''' ({{lang-ar|غفران مهدي سوادي}}; 1996 – 26 April 2024) was an Iraqi [[Tik-Tok]] personality and internet [[influencer]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.albanyherald.com/news/iraqi-tiktok-star-umm-fahad-shot-dead-in-baghdad/article_256c36a2-48c5-529f-b30e-880d333c45cc.html|title=Iraqi TikTok star Umm Fahad shot dead in Baghdad|first1=Aqeel|first2=Nechirvan|first3=Duarte|last1=Najim|last2=Mando|last3=Mendonca|date=27 April 2024|website=Albany Herald}}</ref> |
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Umm Fahad posted videos on [[Tik-Tok]] and on [[Instagram]], often of her dancing to music.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iraq-investigating-killing-um-fahad-social-media-influencer/|title=Iraqi social media influencer Um Fahad shot dead by motorbike gunman in Baghdad - CBS News|date=27 April 2024|website=www.cbsnews.com}}</ref> Some videos were deemed inappropriate by the [[Iraqi judiciary]] and she was once sentenced to six months in prison for "producing and publishing several films and videos containing obscene and indecent language, violating public decency and morals"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/iraqi-tiktok-star-umm-fahad-130952918.html|title=Iraqi TikTok star Umm Fahad shot dead in Baghdad|date=27 April 2024|website=Yahoo News}}</ref> according to the [[Iraqi penal code]]. Iraqi laws prohibited certain videos containing what the country's authorities deemed as things that violate public decency and morals, including "obscene or indecent language".<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.wionews.com/world/iraqi-tiktok-star-umm-fahad-shot-outside-her-home-amid-controversy-over-dancing-videos-715754|title=Iraqi TikTok star Umm Fahad shot outside her home amid controversy over dancing videos|date=27 April 2024|website=WION}}</ref> |
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== Death == |
== Death == |
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Fahad was shot to death on 26 April 2024, outside her house in [[Zayouna]], eastern [[Baghdad]]. She was 27 years old. Footage of her death was caught on a surveillance camera. Authenticity of the 44 second video was confirmed by a Baghdad police source.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Najim |first=Aqeel |last2=Mando |first2=Nechirvan |last3=Mendonca |first3=Duarte |last4=CNN |date=2024-04-27 |title=Iraqi TikTok star Umm Fahad shot dead in Baghdad |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/27/middleeast/iraq-tiktok-star-umm-fahad-killed-intl/index.html |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> Iraq's [[Ministry of Interior (Iraq)|Interior Minister]] announced that an investigation into her death would be launched. |
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Her death was one in a series of violent deaths of [[social media |
Her death was one in a series of violent deaths of [[social media influencer]]s in Iraq, including that in September 2023 of [[Noor Alsaffar]] (Noor BM).<ref name="auto"/> |
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Latest revision as of 08:07, 14 May 2024
Umm Fahad[a] (Arabic: أم فهد; born Ghufran Mahdi Sawadi (Arabic: غفران مهدي سوادي; 1996 – 26 April 2024) was an Iraqi Tik-Tok personality and internet influencer.[2]
Umm Fahad posted videos on Tik-Tok and on Instagram, often of her dancing to music.[3] Some videos were deemed inappropriate by the Iraqi judiciary and she was once sentenced to six months in prison for "producing and publishing several films and videos containing obscene and indecent language, violating public decency and morals"[4] according to the Iraqi penal code. Iraqi laws prohibited certain videos containing what the country's authorities deemed as things that violate public decency and morals, including "obscene or indecent language".[5]
Death[edit]
Fahad was shot to death on 26 April 2024, outside her house in Zayouna, eastern Baghdad. She was 27 years old. Footage of her death was caught on a surveillance camera. Authenticity of the 44 second video was confirmed by a Baghdad police source.[6] Iraq's Interior Minister announced that an investigation into her death would be launched.
Her death was one in a series of violent deaths of social media influencers in Iraq, including that in September 2023 of Noor Alsaffar (Noor BM).[5]
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References[edit]
- ^ "Iraqi social media influencer Um Fahad shot dead by motorbike gunman in Baghdad - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 27 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
- ^ Najim, Aqeel; Mando, Nechirvan; Mendonca, Duarte (27 April 2024). "Iraqi TikTok star Umm Fahad shot dead in Baghdad". Albany Herald.
- ^ "Iraqi social media influencer Um Fahad shot dead by motorbike gunman in Baghdad - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Iraqi TikTok star Umm Fahad shot dead in Baghdad". Yahoo News. 27 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Iraqi TikTok star Umm Fahad shot outside her home amid controversy over dancing videos". WION. 27 April 2024.
- ^ Najim, Aqeel; Mando, Nechirvan; Mendonca, Duarte; CNN (27 April 2024). "Iraqi TikTok star Umm Fahad shot dead in Baghdad". CNN. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
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