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2017-12-19 Iraq

German jihadi schoolgirl facing execution visited by mom and sis in Iraq

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Posted by trailing wife 2017-12-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
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#1 Sure, now family is concerned.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-12-19 00:23|| 2017-12-19 00:23|| Front Page Top

#2 her mother and sister Miriam have flown to Baghdad, where she faces execution, to see her

They have my sympathy.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-12-19 03:07|| 2017-12-19 03:07|| Front Page Top

#3 In Germany that may read as a Jewish name, not a German one...

'Miriam' is not an exotic name in German speaking countries.

I would infer no political statement or a statement re religious or ethnic affiliation from that name alone.

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2017-12-19 03:54|| 2017-12-19 03:54|| Front Page Top

#4 ‘Miriam' is not an exotic name in German speaking countries.

No? When we lived there in the 1990s, we were assumed to be Jewish because the trailing daughters are named Sarah and Rachel. The entire village was talking about it, I was told later, once they’d got to know me and become proud of how well they’d taught me to speak German. They were right to be proud, too.

The more sophisticated of Mr. Wife’s colleagues made the same assumption.

Posted by trailing wife 2017-12-19 11:16|| 2017-12-19 11:16|| Front Page Top

#5 Rachel would be more likely to be perceived as a Jewish name in Germany. However the spelling variation Rahel is not an uncommon name in Switzerland.

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2017-12-19 12:38|| 2017-12-19 12:38|| Front Page Top

#6 That I didn’t know, Elmerert Hupens2660. We only ever skied and ate fondue in Switzerland. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2017-12-19 12:59|| 2017-12-19 12:59|| Front Page Top

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