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Prostitutes conquer Kirkuk: a report written with blood

By Soran Mama Hama - posted Thursday, 7 August 2008


But Um Latif tells the story differently. She says: “Huda was taken out by three boys. Police arrested them. They freed the boys without any charges. But Huda and her dalal, mediator, were sentenced to 15 years. Then they were freed by a general amnesty. However, given the size of prostitution in Kirkuk, only few of women are arrested.”

About the phenomenon of prostitution and its problems, the social researcher in Kirkuk Narmin Najmaddin says: “The main factor behind prostitution is poverty and family problems. These girls fail in their lives and resort to prostitution.” Narmin Najmaddin thinks that the women who become prostitutes have been unable to adjust themselves to the big problems they face in their lives. “Then when they grow up they want to meet their living needs through a work that does not need much effort.”

She adds: “But deprivation is not the only reason for prostitution. There are many deprived women who do not resort to this solution. But the women [who choose prostitution] like it!” She says that prostitution is an easy way to get money. “Once you chose to sell your body, then nothing else in life is important to you. You would do anything.”

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Lvin editorial note: The people mentioned in this report are genuine. Lvin has kept their names. But because of public morality we prefer not to publish them.

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This article was translated by On Line Opinion author Dr Kamal Mirawdeli



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Soran Mama Hama was only 23-years-old when he was assinated in his home in Kirkuk in Kurdistan. He was a journalist for Lvin magazine

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