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SyrianGirl

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SyrianGirlPartisan (Powerword real name: مرام سوسلي Maram Susli, pseudonym: ميمي اللحّام Mimi al-Laham) is a Syrian-Australian, YouTube personality, activist and self-proclaimed "truth seeker", or in normal parlance a conspiracy theorist, claiming to be a serious political analyst.

Transformation to nutjob[edit]

Syrian/PartisanGirl first emerged as an internet personality in 2011 during the uprising known as the Arab Spring commenting on current events. S/PG has often responded to claims that she is an ardent supporter of Bashar al-Assad by arguing that she is simply a patriot who wants what is in the best interests of the Syrian people and opposes what she sees as the Western-backed destruction of her homeland.

S/PG promotes multiple ludicrous conspiracy theories. These include 9/11 "truther" assertions and belief in the New World Order. S/PG claimed that the 2014 Ebola outbreak was manufactured by global elites, that ISIS is a direct creation of Israel and the United States (rather than simply a byproduct of US foreign policy), and that the N.W.O. uses video games as a means of social control.[1] Her advocacy of such ideas has attracted the attention of such dubious pundits as Luke Rudkowski and Alex Jones, and she became an occasional contributor to Infowars.[2][3]

S/PG has claimed that many do not take her seriously because she is a woman engaged in political discourse, and that she is merely seeking fame, along the lines of useless celebrities such as Kim Kardashian (with the possible exception of not having made a pornographic film).

S/PG also believes that Arabs and Muslims shouldn't move to Western countries,[4] even though she herself is an immigrant to a Western country.

She doesn't think foreign troops should be fighting a bunch of genocidal maniac terrorists, most of whom are foreigners, because apparently Syria is sacred and impregnable and no other people are allowed to fight for its land, despite the fact that the Assad regime has a much worse human rights record than the US.[5]

She's a Trump supporter, because why not.[6]

Even she, a fairly staunch supporter of the Assad government, admits that it has problems with corruption, among other things.[7]

The Russian propaganda site RT supported her and denied S/PG is a Russian troll,[8] inadvertently demonstrating the veracity of the accusations.

References[edit]

  1. Meet Syrian Girl, the internet sensation dismissed as a Kim Kardashian wannabe who fearlessly posts her views on ISIS, al-Assad, the US and the conflict that is destroying her homeland. Daily Mail, 21 October 2014.
  2. October 4, 2014). "Syrian Girl: NWO Hijacking Video Games to Socially Control Youth". The Alex Jones Channel on YouTube (archived).
  3. Culloty, Eileen (2021-01-02). "Evaluating conspiracy claims as public sphere communication". Journal for Cultural Research. 25 (1): 36–50. doi:10.1080/14797585.2021.1886421. ISSN 1479-7585.
  4. Partisangirl on Twitter, 20 January 2020.
  5. Partisangirl on Twitter, 15 June 2019.
  6. Partisangirl on Twitter, 24 May 2016.
  7. Partisangirl on Twitter, 22 July 2016.
  8. ‘I’ve seen the censorship’: Syrian blogger tells RT how she was labeled a ‘Russian bot’ (VIDEO) RT, 23 April 2018.