"Just a couple of months after the Gay Girl in Damascus hoax, it seems that the Middle Eastern twitosphere is once again investigating an impersonator claiming to be an Arab woman. While Tom McMaster may have had what he believed to be noble intentions, there appears to be nothing noble about this latest story.
The person in question is known as Liliane Khalil, a supposed Atlanta-based journalist of Palestinian and Armenian heritage who was writing for the Bahrain Independent, a newspaper who’s site has been in maintenance for over a week now, as well as a brief stint writing for the Cairo-based news site Bikya Masr.
When her Twitter account disappeared, many voiced concern for her safety, until she reappeared with a new account, claiming her original one was hacked. Sensing something fishy about Liliane Khalil’s accounts, and her outlandish statements of interviewing prominent figures including Mohamed El Baradei, the former Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency and Egyptian presidential candidate, as well as Natan Sharansky, an Israeli politician and human rights activist, with nothing online to backup her claims, and no stories emerging from these supposed interviews, a couple of Twitter users began to dig a little deeper." If you listen to her voice, her accent in Arabic words (one or two) sounds very Israeli. (thanks Farah)
The person in question is known as Liliane Khalil, a supposed Atlanta-based journalist of Palestinian and Armenian heritage who was writing for the Bahrain Independent, a newspaper who’s site has been in maintenance for over a week now, as well as a brief stint writing for the Cairo-based news site Bikya Masr.
When her Twitter account disappeared, many voiced concern for her safety, until she reappeared with a new account, claiming her original one was hacked. Sensing something fishy about Liliane Khalil’s accounts, and her outlandish statements of interviewing prominent figures including Mohamed El Baradei, the former Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency and Egyptian presidential candidate, as well as Natan Sharansky, an Israeli politician and human rights activist, with nothing online to backup her claims, and no stories emerging from these supposed interviews, a couple of Twitter users began to dig a little deeper." If you listen to her voice, her accent in Arabic words (one or two) sounds very Israeli. (thanks Farah)
