Loading ...An ‘Individual of Color’ Breaks a Barrier in Iraq—How this fits Arab Perceptions of Race
A young Iraqi Arab woman was found in a café speaking classical or standard Arabic to her friends. She just happened to be a woman of color, a descendant of slaves. Her story of being recruited by a major TV station as a newscaster underscores the exception to the rule of Iraqi ‘blacks’ rising to positions of prominence. Contributing writer, John Mason, tells this story and relates his experience with color differences among Arabs he’s lived with.