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MARAM SUSLI:
the Kardashian Look-Alike Trolling for Assad
- Syrian-Australian blogger Maram Susli has 2.5 million YouTube views
- The 27-year-old, who lives in Australia, condemns Syrian rebels, ISIS and the United States
- Her critics accuse her of being a fame-hungry conspiracy theorist
- 'They would rather abuse me with accusations of plastic surgery than discuss the content of what I'm saying,' she says
She has been labelled everything from a government spy to a pro-Bashar al-Assad mouthpiece to a Kim Kardashian wannabe. But Syrian-Australian blogger Maram Susli, who goes by Mimi Al Laham or 'Syrian Girl', says she is just a patriot 'dedicated to the truth'. The 27-year-old, who lives in Australia, has a large and like-minded following on social media. Her YouTube channel has received more than 2.5 million views, where she posts videos such as 'Exposed: The "Assad backs Al-Qaeda" Myth' and 'If Syria Disarms Chemical Weapons We Lose The War'. Born in Damascus in 1987 to what she describes as a middle class, professional family of the majority Muslim sect, Ms Maram Susli moved to Australia when she was a child. 'My mother was a big fan of the series Neighbours during the early 90s and was convinced Australia would be just like it,' she said. Ms Susli says she speaks out on social media because she is dismayed by watching her birth country being destroyed. She is critical of Syrian rebels, ISIS and the United States. She wants to see Syria's 'army strong' and its 'borders solid'. 'People are dying, and I have a duty as a human being and as someone of Syrian origin to expose the truth about why,' Ms Susli said. 'A duty to give a voice to those Syrians who have not been heard, who have rejected the instability caused by the US support of the extremist rebels.' But along with her loyal followers come her many detractors who say she is a fame-hungry conspiracy theorist. Some of her more controversial assertions include that 9/11 was an 'inside job', that Ebola could be a US biological weapon and that chemical weapons are Syria's 'only hope'. She says she was recently accused by one commentator of doing what she does because aspires to have 'Kim Kardashian fame'. 'Highly offensive when I do what I do because I'm watching the country of my birth destroyed before my eyes.'. 'They would rather abuse me with accusations of plastic surgery than discuss the content of what I'm saying.' She is often described as being 'pro-Assad' – a label she rejects. 'One doesn't need to be pro-government to support their military against an external terror threat,' she said. Ms Susli is currently studying a postgraduate degree in Australia after completing a science degree with a double major in biophysics and chemistry. But she dedicates a large amount of time to blogging about her country of origin, which she has visited many times while living in Australia over the past two decades. 'Politics has been my passion even before the war in Syria, so it's logical that when war began in the country of my birth, which I visit often and where my extend family reside, I'd be even more passionate,' she said. 'When people I know have died, when others have had their lives turned upside down, when it's my family that I couldn't go back to say goodbye to on their death beds, how would I not become emotional about that?'
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MARAM SUSLI: the sexy Syrian-Australian blogger [PHOTOS]The 27 years-old condemns Syrian rebels, ISIS and the United States |
