The Asian Championship brings with it quite a few interesting stories, both on and off the field.
Yesterday (Monday) there was a big storm in the game between Iraq and Jordan, which could quietly develop into a diplomatic crisis after an Iraqi striker mocked a Jordanian custom, but apart from this story, we got another interesting headline about the Iraqis after their player Rabin Solaka was caught on camera with a tattoo in Hebrew with the word "Shata" ", which led to great curiosity among the Israelis.
Uri Levy, the sports journalist who specializes in Arab football, tried to explain the situation and wrote on the networks: "Sulaka, who plays for the Swedish Brompoikarna team, was born in the suburbs of Erbil, a city in the Kurdistan Region, and is a member of the Assyrian minority. At the age of 10, he immigrated with his family to Sweden and lived there all his life. Iraqi -Kurdish-Assyrian-Swedish. The truth is that his tattoo made headlines four years ago, but remains an unsolved mystery. Even among Iraqi fans, the issue is still not completely clear. Some maintain that it is a "Shata" Shatta pepper, some wonder if it is related To the Christian current he belongs to, Catholic-Chaldani."
Getting this picture from all kinds of directions: Iraqi actor Rabin Solaka, with a tattoo in Hebrew: Shata
Solaka was born in the suburbs of Erbil, a city in the Kurdistan region, and is a member of the Assyrian minority.
At the age of 10 he immigrated with his family to Sweden and lived there all his life.
I haven't had time to find out the story with the tattoo yet, but you can ask him @rebinsulaka pic.twitter.com/fhBN64rpzs
— Uri Levy (@Levyninho) January 29, 2024
Levy also added: "I decided to look into the matter, and some intermediate findings were discovered: Elad Eisen, a master's degree from the Department of Linguistics at the Hebrew University and who is conversant in Aramaic and Aramaic-Syriac, kindly joined the tests and found that satta in modern Aramaic is "river" or "stream". It is also The root of the verbs "to swim" and "to sail". When the word appears next to another tattoo of Solaka, of an anchor, there may be a connection between the things."
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In conclusion, Levy wrote: "Despite the uproar this caused in Iraq and parts of the Arab world, Solaka never clarified what the meaning of the tattoo was, did not deny that it was Hebrew, neither confirmed nor explained why he chose the most generic Hebrew font available in the rose. Solaka's response has not yet been received, so Until he explains whether he is sick with acute, or whether he simply likes water and is a flowing person in general, the reasonable assumption is that the reference is indeed to the new Aramaic discipline of the word satta - river, stream, to swim, to sail. Solaka's response will be given when received, and it is a shame that Iraq flew away."
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