Pictures of the Lebanese singer Ragheb Alama with the wife of an Iraqi ambassador sparked widespread anger and anger among Iraqis on social media, who leveled accusations and descriptions of the ambassador, calling on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to intervene.
The pictures - which the singer published on his Twitter account - show him standing next to the wife of the Iraqi ambassador to Jordan, Haider Al-Adhari, in a way that the tweeters considered inappropriate, and not appropriate to the nature of the diplomatic work of the ambassador, who is a front for Iraq.
Thank you from the heart to His Excellency the Iraqi Ambassador to #Jordan, Mr. Haider Mansour Al-Adari and his wife, Mrs. Maysam Al-Rubaie, for this generous, wonderful and enjoyable hosting, and for this welcome and kind reception.
I was very happy to meet you in such an atmosphere close to the heart and full of love and joy 🙏❤️# Ragheb_alama pic.twitter.com/ZyEQiENxm1
— RaghebAlama (@raghebalama) August 19, 2022
Alama wrote, "Thank you from the heart to His Excellency the Iraqi Ambassador in Jordan, Mr. Haider Mansour Al-Adari and his wife, Mrs. Maysam Al-Rubaie, for this generous, wonderful and enjoyable hosting, and for this welcome and kind reception. I was very pleased to meet you in this atmosphere close to the heart and filled with love and joy."
After the interaction of many tweeters on the communication sites, especially Twitter, and the criticisms leveled at the ambassador and his wife, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry confirmed, through its official spokesman, Ahmed Al-Sahhaf, that it is following "with interest" what has been circulated on social networking sites "of pictures concerned with the ambassador of the Republic of Iraq in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan." And that it will take "appropriate measures" in this regard, in a way that enhances "the values of Iraqi diplomacy," according to what was reported by the Iraqi News Agency.
Here are some tweets on the topic:
The first time I saw the picture.. Abali, the wife of #Ragheb_Alama with the Iraqi ambassador..a farce in everything..This is the role of our ambassadors to realize the dreams of their marriage and their children bearing the name of Iraq..The meeting is normal if you are far from the position..as for the
story of the stabbing of the wife of #HaidarAl-Adari, because it is only You love a singer, this is frankly unacceptable.
— 𝘼𝙃𝙈𝙀𝘿 (@jokel880) August 20, 2022
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Pictures of the wife of the ambassador of #Iraq in #Jordan with the Lebanese artist #Ragheb_Alama during a banquet hosted by the ambassador for the artist - the indignation of the Iraqi tweeters and followers, who criticized what they considered the indecent appearance of the wife accompanied by the artist, and the Iraqi Foreign Ministry spokesman issues a statement preparing to take action on the incident.
pic.twitter.com/4Are1hTDKI
— Totago♣️ (@gogo63311) August 20, 2022
Good evening to the ambassadors, the front of the country..
Reassure the Iraqi embassy's procedures will be strict..
(Celebrate without posting pictures 🙂) # Ragheb_alama pic.twitter.com/oeicns7s08
— Samah Shakir (@samah_shakir) August 20, 2022
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I personally imagined this Ragheb Alama's wife!!
The artist "Ragheb Alama" hosted the Iraqi ambassador to Jordan "Haider Mansour Al-Adhari" and his wife "Maysam Al-Rubaie"!!
It is reasonable that there is no jealousy to this degree # Ragheb_alama # Iraq pic.twitter.com/tLEvjwEC0s
- Ayman Al-Tamimi (@aymanaltemimi) August 20, 2022