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Queen Rania hits back at cartoon of drowned Syria boy

Amman - The Jordan queen posts a cartoon on Facebook and Twitter with a caption reading Aylan could've been a doctor, a teacher, a loving parent.

By AFP


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Published: Sat 16 Jan 2016, 6:31 PM

Last updated: Sun 17 Jan 2016, 1:03 AM

Jordan's Queen Rania has hit back at a cartoon in French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo depicting drowned Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi as a grown-up refugee committing sexual offences in Germany.
The cartoon shows a pervert chasing a woman, with the caption asking: "What would have become of small Aylan if he grew up?"
In response Queen Rania posted a cartoon on Facebook and Twitter by Jordan's Osama Hajjaj depicting the little boy lying face down on the beach alongside an older child with a backpack and finally a doctor.

The queen added the caption: "Aylan could've been a doctor, a teacher, a loving parent."
"Queen Rania gives an elegant and effective rebuttal that refutes the shameful Charlie Hebdo cartoon. She is such a class act!" Facebook user Jane Shartzer commented on the queen's page.
In September, the queen in a speech in Berlin urged Europeans not to "bolt the door for fear of the unknown" in response to the growing flood into the continent of refugees from Syria's brutal conflict.
The Charlie Hebdo drawing has triggered sharp criticism on social networks while Aylan's relatives in Canada expressed "disgust".
 

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