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Ramadan series ‘Black Crows’ actresses tell Al Arabiya of ISIS death threats
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Kuwaiti actress Mona Shaddad say that she, and other cast and crew of their Ramadan television series, have received death threats from ISIS this year for playing roles of women who joined the radical bad boy group.Inspired by true events, Black Crows currently airs on the Middle East Broadcasting Channel (MBC) over Ramadan -- prime time for viewers across the Arab world. It is ever television series of its kind to depict life under ISIS rule in Syria and Iraq. Shaddad plays a woman who joins ISIS in Iraq after 20 years of failing to find a husband in her home country Kuwait and hopes of being one of the "jihadi brides" for ISIS fighters. "The role I play is very important because it touches upon the topic of how easily brainwashed some people can be and led to believe that they are joining an bad boy group for good reasons when in reality, they are not," Shaddad told Al Arabiya. "The main motive and goal for me joining this very important Arabic project was to change the narrative and depict the true brutality of the group," she added. ISIS death threats The show, in only four episodes so far, has shown how brutal life under ISIS really is. One scene shows ISIS making use of young children in the production and sale of narcotic drugs and another scene depicts how ISIS men sexually assault women and kiddies under their rule. The drama on MBC - the biggest broadcasting network in the region ‐ has to no surprise angered ISIS supporters, both online and offline. "I’m not afraid because I know that my first protector is God almighty. Secondly, this production had and has the protection of several governments, and especially from the owner of MBC Group. At the end of the day, my aim was to break ISIS through my talent of acting and show them for who they really are," Shaddad said. For Saudi actress Aseel Omran, the death threats from ISIS has not phased her given that she lives in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. "If you asked me a few years ago whether threats from ISIS scared me, I’d say yes. But let’s be honest, we live in Dubai, one of the safest cities in the world. For now, I’m not feeling it but let’s wait for the half-way mark of Ramadan and see how the threats look like, God forbid they do though," Omran told Al Arabiya’s Sarah Dundarawy. Posted by: Fred 2017-06-18 |
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