<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><span lang="ar">The artist Shatha Hassoun, with a strongly worded fiery message, attacked those in charge of the second session of the Iraq International Festival, of which she was president in the first session.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span lang="ar">“Blackmailers,” is how Shatha described those to whom she addressed her message. She put up the festival’s poster and confused the public about her attack and what she wrote, stressing that she would not surrender.</span></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl(187, 48%, 51%);"><span lang="ar">Shatha Hassoun: Be careful</span></span></h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span lang="ar">The Iraqi artist wrote on the blogging site</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span lang="ar">She continued, "It is the innate and fierce defense of life for the little one in the arms of a caring mother who challenges the universe for his sake to live and survive."</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span lang="ar">She concluded, "To all the blackmailers, I say to them, beware of the fierce mother, because, by God, she will not remain silent or surrender!!!"</span> </p><figure class="media"><oembed url="https://twitter.com/ShathaHassoun/status/1786485483955970359?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1786485483955970359%7Ctwgr%5Ea19406712cc230d1d3dd7b31fcdbeb5283e043c9%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lbcgroup.tv%2Fnews%2Ffann%2F770236%2FD8B4D8B0D989-D8ADD8B3D988D986-D981D98A-D8B1D8B3D8A7D984D8A9-D8B4D8AFD98AD8AFD8A9-D8A7D984D984D987D8ACD8A9-D984D984D985D8A8D8AAD8B2D991D98AD986-D984D986-D8A3D8B3D983D8AA-D988D984D8A7-D8A3D8B3D8AAD8B3D984D985%2Far"></oembed></figure><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span style="color:hsl(187, 48%, 51%);"><span lang="ar">Shatha Hassoun defends Iraq</span></span></h3><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span lang="ar">It is worth noting that Shatha Hassoun had defended her country, Iraq, in light of the news that spread daily about murders and kidnappings, through her account on the X platform.</span></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <span lang="ar">Hassoun said in her blog post on her official account on the platform: “Yes, Iraq is a country of safety and security compared to the past, and it saddens me when I see Arab and international channels whose crimes are greater and more. They focus only on incidents in Iraq until they show an ugly picture. We are trying, each one in his own field, to fix it.” May we advance to a better Iraq..and this stems from my love for my country and nothing else, and enough of bidding on my patriotism!!!”</span> </p><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:1440/1440;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/ff96d225-4fb7-4ad5-86e4-f1f545aab857.jpeg" ></figure>