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Iraqi actress will sue the Economist for using her pic in an article about 'fat' women

A British newspaper is going to be sued by an Iraqi actress because it used a picture of her in an article about 'fat' women.

Enas Taleb is a well-known TV personality in her home country of Iraq. According to New Lines magazine, she plans to sue the Economist because it used a picture of her in an article called "Why Women Are Fatter Than Men in the Arab World" in July.

Iraqi actress Enas Taleb sues 'The Economist' for depicting her as 'fat'
Enas Taleb

The article in question said that Arab women are fat because they are poor and can't leave their homes.

The paper also said that some men like women who have "curves." It showed this with a picture of Taleb, who was 42 at the time, taken at the Babylon International Festival in Iraq.

"Iraqis often say that the actress Enas Taleb (pictured), who has a lot of curves, is the perfect example of beauty," the article said.

The BBC says that Taleb said the picture was photoshopped and used without his permission. The photo came from a company called Getty Images, which rents out stock photos.

She is said to have said, "I want compensation for the emotional, mental, and social harm this has caused me."

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Taleb said the article was an insult to Arab women in general and Iraqi women in particular. He asked why the paper was interested in fat women in the Arab world but not in Europe or the United States.

She reportedly told al-Arabiya TV that she got "bullying comments" from the press she didn't want, but that she was fine with that because she was happy with herself.

"People have loved me for a long time. It was disappointing to see that an international news outlet wrote about me as if all of my achievements didn't matter. She told a magazine, "I'm healthy and happy with how I look, and that's all that matters to me."

The Economist did not answer when the BBC asked for a comment.

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