Queen Rania hits back at cartoon of drowned Syria boy

January 17, 2016 14:46

Queen Rania of Jordan has published a cartoon after Charlie Hebdo linked the drowned Syrian child Aylan Kurdi with migrants accused of sex attacks in Germany.

The French satirical magazine's cartoon shows a man chasing a woman and says Alan would have grown up into a "groper in Germany". It was widely accused of racism.

But Queen Rania posted a cartoon by Jordanian cartoonist Osama Hajjaj on social media showing Aylan as a doctor. "Aylan could've been a doctor, a teacher, a loving parent," she wrote.

The Charlie Hebdo cartoon followed the revelation that gangs of migrants carried out organised sexual assaults in Cologne on New Year's Eve. Aylan's relatives in Canada said they were disgusted at Charlie Hebdo's cartoon.

Image: The Charlie Hebdo cartoon

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