“Mirror” obscures extent of false “Maria” articles

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Baidaa Al Saleh on a video in which she presented herself as spokeswoman for “Evros 38” in August last year. There are also other pictures and short videos of her from the past few years online, for example on trips to the Middle East and Germany. Today she lives with her husband in Rhineland-Palatinate.
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At the turn of the year, the “Spiegel” withdrew four articles in which the magazine had reported on the supposed death of the Syrian refugee girl “Maria”. Because of too many mistakes. However, the extent of the fake news bust is obscured. We lay it out.

Baidaa Al Saleh, almost 30, piercing eyes, has a thing for taking photos on her travels. Whether from Dubai, Jordan or Saudi Arabia: She loves a luxurious ambience, elegant cafés, where she likes to show off her painted fingernails. Over and over again. And books. If you follow the posts on her Facebook, Instagram and Tiktok channels with her thousands of followers, she has been touring in Germany and countries in the Middle East for some time, and she has also reported from Turkey. Apparently she was well received: As an influencer, she advertised cosmetic products on her social media channels.

The Syrian lives with Iyad Aldarwish, a native Syrian, in the 800-inhabitant town of Bischheim in the Donnersberg district in Rhineland-Palatinate. Bischheim is embedded in nature, the Saar-Rhein-Main long-distance hiking trail runs here, not far from the A 63. On Tiktok, Iyad was annoyed by a fine because he was driving too fast on the autobahn. In October 2021, he was happy about his engagement to his Baidaa, and he was able to spread joy again when he celebrated gaining German citizenship. Meanwhile, according to another social media post, he and Baidaa are a married couple. Baidaa Al Saleh has since deleted her photos from her travels on Instagram.

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