Parts of both cities have become a no-go zone for Iraq's beleaguered troops, who have been battered and humiliated by Isis, a group of marauders unparalleled in Mesopotamia since the time of the Mongols.
She found a common theme: "They start out feeling humiliated, enraged that they are viewed by some 'Other' as second class.
She says: "When I finally got off my bike, I felt mentally drained, humiliated, defeated and disappointed.
Since being humiliated 7-0 by the Nerazzurri, Eusebio Di Francesco's side have drawn with Napoli and now Lazio.
Liverpool were 5-0 down at half-time, utterly humiliated at the hands of a rampaging Stoke City, and, to put it bluntly, these are the sort of performances that see clubs and managers part company.
The Green leader was humiliated last Tuesday during an interview with LBC's Nick Ferrari, when she experienced what she later described as a "mind blank" and "brain fade".
In between, this frustrated fortysomething - disliked by his wife, scorned by his daughter, humiliated by his colleagues - undergoes a startling metamorphosis.
Should we be laughing at Bubbles and Johnny when they are humiliated and stripped to their pants by Marlo's crew?
In the case of the racial hatred provisions, an aggrieved person is someone from the group targeted by the behaviour who is offended, insulted, humiliated or intimidated because of his or her race".
But as we saw on Friday night Manly were humiliated by an enthusiastic Eels, much to the delight of a bumper crowd.
Gordon distils the remarkable and at times unbelievable events of the last few months that have seen Iris Robinson, the first minister's wife, disgraced over her affair with her young lover and the loan she secured for him and Mr Robinson publicly humiliated over the betrayal and the ongoing allegations concerning the couple and their relationship with a number of multimillionaire builders.
