{"id":55562,"date":"2018-10-05T00:02:28","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T00:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=55562"},"modified":"2018-10-05T00:02:28","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T00:02:28","slug":"former-miss-iraq-gets-death-threat-amid-murders-high-profile-westernized-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=55562","title":{"rendered":"Former Miss Iraq gets death threat amid murders of high-profile &#8216;Westernized&#8217; women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style='margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;' data-reactid=\"15\">Shimaa Qasim is a former Miss Iraq and current model and Instagram star with 2.7 million followers. The 2015&nbsp;beauty queen&nbsp;also claims to be the most recent target of a reign of terror apparently being waged against Westernized women in the Middle Eastern country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style='margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;' data-reactid=\"16\">A horrified and distraught Qasim, 25, revealed in a live Instagram video on Sunday that she had received a terrifying text message telling her \u201cyou\u2019re next.\u201d The text was most likely referring to four assassinations of high-profile Iraqi women that have occurred since August.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style='margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;' data-reactid=\"16\"><div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post1\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style='margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;' data-reactid=\"16\"><div class=\"box shadow  \"><div class=\"box-inner-block\"><i class=\"fa tie-shortcode-boxicon\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 1px; padding: 0px; border-radius: 3px; border: 0px currentColor; width: calc(100% - 2px); min-width: 326px; max-width: 540px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 1px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.5), 0px 1px 10px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.15);\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bn0qf_ClMD5\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px auto 12px; width: 50px; height: 50px; display: block;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: rgb(56, 151, 240); line-height: 18px; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 24px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p style=\"padding: 8px 0px 7px; text-align: center; color: rgb(201, 200, 205); line-height: 17px; overflow: hidden; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; white-space: nowrap; -ms-text-overflow: ellipsis;\"><a style=\"color: rgb(201, 200, 205); line-height: 17px; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bn0qf_ClMD5\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A post shared by Shimaa Qasim &#8211; \u0634\u064a\u0645\u0627\u0621 \u0642\u0627\u0633\u0645\ud83d\udca0 (@shimaa_qasim)<\/a> on <time style=\"line-height: 17px; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\" datetime=\"2018-09-17T09:52:30+00:00\">Sep 17, 2018 at 2:52am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style='margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;' data-reactid=\"16\"><script src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\" defer=\"\" async=\"\"><\/script>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style='margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;' data-reactid=\"19\">Iraqi beauty queen Tara al-Fares was 22 when she was fatally shot three times while sitting in her car in the&nbsp;Kam Sara neighborhood of Baghdad on Sept. 28,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2018\/oct\/02\/death-of-high-profile-iraqi-women-sparks-fear-of-witch-hunt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">according to the<em>Guardian<\/em><\/a>. Al-Fares had won the title of Miss Baghdad several years back and was the first runner-up in the Miss Iraq pageant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style='margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;' data-reactid=\"20\">A divorced single mother who was often photographed in tight clothing and full makeup, al-Fares was not a typical Iraqi woman. Many lived vicariously through her, the&nbsp;<em>Guardian<\/em>reports. Just before her death, she had been bombarded with online harassment from Islamic people who resented her \u201cperceived lack of modesty,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/ex-miss-iraq-reveals-she-received-death-threats-after-a-string-of-westernized-women-were-killed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">according to Fox News.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style='margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;' data-reactid=\"20\"><div class=\"box shadow  \"><div class=\"box-inner-block\"><i class=\"fa tie-shortcode-boxicon\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 1px; padding: 0px; border-radius: 3px; border: 0px currentColor; width: calc(100% - 2px); min-width: 326px; max-width: 540px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 1px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.5), 0px 1px 10px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.15);\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BoPEA3SF0U7\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px auto 12px; width: 50px; height: 50px; display: block;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: rgb(56, 151, 240); line-height: 18px; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 24px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p style=\"padding: 8px 0px 7px; text-align: center; color: rgb(201, 200, 205); line-height: 17px; overflow: hidden; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; white-space: nowrap; -ms-text-overflow: ellipsis;\"><a style=\"color: rgb(201, 200, 205); line-height: 17px; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BoPEA3SF0U7\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A post shared by Tara Fares | \u062a\u0627\u0631\u0647 \u0641\u0627\u0631\u0633 (@its.tarafares)<\/a> on <time style=\"line-height: 17px; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\" datetime=\"2018-09-27T15:55:41+00:00\">Sep 27, 2018 at 8:55am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style='margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;' data-reactid=\"20\"><script src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\" defer=\"\" async=\"\"><\/script>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style='margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;' data-reactid=\"23\">On Sept. 25, women\u2019s rights activist&nbsp;Suad al-Ali was murdered in the&nbsp;southern city of Basra as she walked to her car. She was also 22. In August, Iraqi beautician Rasha al-Hassan and plastic surgeon Rafif al-Yasiri, 32 \u2014 called the \u201cBarbie of Iraq\u201d \u2014 were killed one week apart. Both had been outspoken about their missions to help women look and feel beautiful, according to&nbsp;<em>the Guardian<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style='margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;' data-reactid=\"23\"><div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post2\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Adv<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bagfactory.com.hk\/216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sun Winning Ind Co<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: Manufacture of Canvas Bag, Recycle Bad in China<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theunitravel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheUniTravel.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span> : Find the latest\u00a0<em>travel<\/em>\u00a0and tourism\u00a0<em>news<\/em>\u00a0from around the world. Stay informed with\u00a0<em>travel news<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>updates<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style='margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;' data-reactid=\"24\">The killing spree has understandably created a state of panic among Iraqis \u2014 especially young, prominent women with Westernized aesthetics \u2014 and prompted&nbsp;Iraq\u2019s prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, to declare that the deaths could not have been random and that the murderers would be apprehended.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style='margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;' data-reactid=\"24\"><div class=\"box shadow  \"><div class=\"box-inner-block\"><i class=\"fa tie-shortcode-boxicon\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rAKlYAmPbkc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style='margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;' data-reactid=\"24\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style='margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;' data-reactid=\"27\">Though none of the victims knew each other personally \u2014 including&nbsp;Qasim \u2014 they all share similar qualities. Aside from being prominent female figures in&nbsp;Iraq, they also challenge the very conservative ideas about&nbsp;beauty,&nbsp;sexuality, and independence that are part of the foundation of Iraqi culture. For this reason, some have suggested that the women\u2019s ways of life were reckless,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2018\/oct\/02\/death-of-high-profile-iraqi-women-sparks-fear-of-witch-hunt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">according to the<em>&nbsp;Guardian.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style='margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;' data-reactid=\"28\">A woman associated with one of the victims even came forward to say that she\u2019s been receiving anonymous text messages in support of the murders \u2014 which makes&nbsp;Qasim\u2019s recent message all the more unnerving.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style='margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;' data-reactid=\"29\">The rampage comes at a complicated time for Iraq. It\u2019s been&nbsp;15 years&nbsp;since the U.S. invaded the country, with supporters of the war predicting that it would lead to more civic liberties. But society does not change on a dime, and the women of Iraq seem to be living in a kind of limbo where some feel free to experiment with individuality, while the culture still largely condemns such behavior.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style='margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;' data-reactid=\"30\">Zainab Salbi, an Iraqi who leads the institute Women for&nbsp;Women&nbsp;International in Washington, D.C., said, \u201cWomen are being hit left, right, and center. Everywhere. We are living in the modern witch hunt,\u201d according to&nbsp;the<em>&nbsp;Guardian<\/em>. Baghdad university student&nbsp;Sura Ahmed noted that it\u2019s not just individuals being targeted, but also controversial public places like brothels and nightclubs, where&nbsp;\u201cuntraditional women\u201d are found.<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style='margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"Helvetica Neue\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;' data-reactid=\"24\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shimaa Qasim is a former Miss Iraq and current model and Instagram star with 2.7 million followers. The 2015&nbsp;beauty queen&nbsp;also claims to be the most recent target of a reign of terror apparently being waged against Westernized women in the Middle Eastern country. 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