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.
A Career Pathway and a Safe Place to Work
While you're working, you feel safe.
Here I Can Make My Own Future
Here I can make my own life
I Wanted to Be in Charge of My Destiny
In America, people follow their dreams
Using Personal Experiences to Help Refugee Women
Women of the World
"We Always Kept One Bullet for Suicide"
In order to save our family, we were obliged to leave our country.
MAHOMMAD
Mahommad is five-years-old and just moved here.
TIBA
Tiba exudes joy.
SAKINA
Sakina’s favorite thing about being in America is that it is safe and she gets to go to school.
MOHANED AND ZAINAB (3/3)
In September 2016, Mohaned & Zainab arrived in Binghamton, Alabama with nothing.
MOHANED AND ZAINAB (2/3)
In Iraq, Zainab was a stay-at-home mom and Mohaned was a taxi driver.
MOHANED AND ZAINAB (1/3)
We only want to live in peace and safety.

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."
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