Iraq
![Dhulfiqar Al Hamawendi](https://assets.tsosrefugees.org/stories/_800x800_crop_center-center_none/Photography1of1-2.jpg)
Dhulfiqar Al Hamawendi · Iraq
![Shurooq main picture](https://assets.tsosrefugees.org/stories/_800x800_crop_center-center_none/C66FD014-50AE-4E55-86D3-05E708721F73_1_105_c.jpeg)
Shurooq Safaa Al Jewari · Iraq
Being a Refugee Does Not Make Me Less
My aspirations are to become a surgeon, buy my parents their own house, and sell my art.
![Sarah, pharmacist Highline College](https://assets.tsosrefugees.org/stories/_800x800_crop_center-center_none/100051347_2779658598823909_7838777084313862144_n.jpg)
Sarah · Iraq
A Career Pathway and a Safe Place to Work
While you're working, you feel safe.
![Rawah](https://assets.tsosrefugees.org/stories/_800x800_crop_center-center_none/Rawah-California-Iraq-2017.jpg)
Rawah · Iraq
Here I Can Make My Own Future
Here I can make my own life
![Rita 2018](https://assets.tsosrefugees.org/stories/_800x800_crop_center-center_none/300-2018-Rita-KB-10.jpg)
Rita · Iraq
I Wanted to Be in Charge of My Destiny
In America, people follow their dreams
![Samira](https://assets.tsosrefugees.org/stories/_800x800_crop_center-center_none/Samira.jpg)
Iraq
Using Personal Experiences to Help Refugee Women
Women of the World
![Samadi and Sabroo](https://assets.tsosrefugees.org/stories/_800x800_crop_center-center_none/036-LS-Samadi-Sabroo-3736-compressed.jpg)
Iraq
"We Always Kept One Bullet for Suicide"
In order to save our family, we were obliged to leave our country.
![Mahommad](https://assets.tsosrefugees.org/stories/_800x800_crop_center-center_none/HEP_1639-1024x684-1024x675TSOS.jpg)
Iraq
MAHOMMAD
Mahommad is five-years-old and just moved here.
![Tiba](https://assets.tsosrefugees.org/stories/_800x800_crop_center-center_none/HEP_1797-684x1024-684x675TSOS.jpg)
Iraq
TIBA
Tiba exudes joy.
![Sakina](https://assets.tsosrefugees.org/stories/_800x800_crop_center-center_none/HEP_1653-1024x684-1024x675TSOS.jpg)
Iraq
SAKINA
Sakina’s favorite thing about being in America is that it is safe and she gets to go to school.
![Mohaned and Zainab with their family](https://assets.tsosrefugees.org/stories/_800x800_crop_center-center_none/HEP_1732-684x1024TSOS.jpg)
Iraq
MOHANED AND ZAINAB (3/3)
In September 2016, Mohaned & Zainab arrived in Binghamton, Alabama with nothing.
![Mohaned & Zainab (2)](https://assets.tsosrefugees.org/stories/_800x800_crop_center-center_none/HEP_1831-1024x684TSOS.jpg)
Iraq
MOHANED AND ZAINAB (2/3)
In Iraq, Zainab was a stay-at-home mom and Mohaned was a taxi driver.
![Mohaned & Zainab](https://assets.tsosrefugees.org/stories/_800x800_crop_center-center_none/HEP_1784-684x1024TSOS.jpg)
Iraq
MOHANED AND ZAINAB (1/3)
We only want to live in peace and safety.
![Amal](https://assets.tsosrefugees.org/stories/_800x800_crop_center-center_none/Amal.jpg)
Iraq
Amal
"My family lives in western Iraq under the control of ISIS so whenever I see something in the news that has happened in Syria, I feel like my family is affected."