Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and John Lennon at CBS’s “Ed Sullivan Show” in New York in 1964. Photo: AP
A Kurdish woman avoided deportation from Britain to Iraq for having a Beatles tattoo. The 28-year-old asylum seeker carries the poem “Blackbird” on his shoulder. Paul McCartney 1968.
“Take these broken wings and learn to fly” is the marked phrase. She argued that an unnamed woman was at risk of harm if she was deported, as she could be considered a “fully westernized woman” in her hometown. She said she would be persecuted by her family and society because she no longer obeyed Islam.
“When I lived with my family, I felt like I was trapped like a caged bird. I wasn’t allowed to live as freely as I do today. According to the Daily Mail, I Since I came to the UK, I feel independent and free because I have no control over me, “said the woman.
McCartney, the author of the lyrics for “Blackbird”. Photo: AFP
Taking into account that “body art is perceived as rebellious”, Cardiff’s asylum judge overturned a decision made by authorities to deport a woman.. Those who dismissed the appeal believe that there is no evidence that an Iraqi woman is at risk in her country.
Recently, there has been a new hearing that a Kurdish woman must prove that she may be at risk in Iraq in order to stay in the UK for human rights reasons.
In 2013, Bureau of Religious Affairs of Turkey (Or Diyanet) issued a statement stating that tattoos are “opposed” to Islam.
According to Hürriyet Daily News, the message says: In Islam, attention is paid to the characteristics and morphology of birth, and changing it is considered to change creativity and is therefore prohibited. “
Another tattoo story
The next story is as curious as the previous one, but a little more emotional. In March of this year, her 91-year-old her grandmother, Libya Guerreiro de Valle, He kept his promise about his grandson and got a bad reputation for tattooing..
Libya Guerreiro do Valle, a 91-year-old grandmother with a grandson’s tattoo.
Decades ago, the idea of permanently marking her body never surpassed the hearts of Brazilian Goianian grandmothers.
But, as she said, she made a promise related to her grandchildren and decided to keep it. Therefore, she now has a statue of her virgin, Our Lady of Aparecida Conception, on her right arm, to which she is devoted.
Pedro Henrique Guerreiro de Keiros, the youngest grandson in Libya and only 19 years old, aimed to study medicine. Because of this, his grandmother promised him that if he managed to get in, he would get a tattoo. And Pedro was finally selected as the final candidate. “I studied hard with him, played his part, and promised to get a tattoo if he passed. I never imagined I would get a tattoo at the age of 20 or 90. I promised, and I have to keep my promise, “Libya told Metropoles.
Female tattoo. So I will remain.
The whole process took about two hours and Libya went through it very calmly, far away from the moment of sacrifice and trauma. “I didn’t feel any pain. My daughters went with me. The report said they felt a lot of pain, but each one felt differently and suffered. Some are many, some are few. I didn’t feel anything.
Source: Clarin
