Paltalk News - Gary interviews Weam Namou

Weam Namou, co-founder and president of the Iraqi Artist Association described the attacks by religious zealots in Iraq on artists, writers and intellectuals. She was today's guest on News Talk Online on Paltalk.com.

They, the fundamentalists, she says, are fearful of anything that might challenge their points of view. Yet they forget to tell those they are trying to influence with the sword that the Muslim religion has a rich history of culture. A history that they are discarding.

It's but a small number of people who are carrying out the attacks on the artists, she says. But an effective number, because other artists are fleeing the country in large numbers.

The Iraqi government, she argues, needs to take control of this situation.

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