Mixed messages in a divided region - FT.com:
"In the middle of last year, with Iraq racked by a fresh outbreak of Sunni-Shia bloodshed, a family picture countering the sectarian narrative went viral on Twitter. It shows a mother holding up a sign that reads “I am Sunni” while the father’s says “I am Shia”. Between them is seated a little girl with the sign “I am Sushi”.
The origin of the photograph was unclear. Some people on social media traced it back to Beirut, and thought the family was Lebanese not Iraqi. Others wondered if it was altered.
But it didn’t matter. Genuine or not, the image highlighted a tradition of mixed marriages in the Middle East’s multi-confessional nations, a little harmony amid the Sunni-Shia discord. It struck a chord because, at least among some segments of society, hatred of sectarianism is greater than sectarian hatred."
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