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March 5 & 6 New York: A delegation of Iraqi women spoke to New York women (and men) and visited the United Nations. Peace Mom, Cindy Sheehan joined them. The women will be touring the United States with Code Pink throughout March to celebrate International Women's Day
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Eman Ahmad Khamas is a human rights advocate who has documented abuses by the occupation forces. She is a member of Women’s Will, and is married with two daughters.(right) with former US Diplomat Ann Wright and fellow delegate Faiza Al-Araji |
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Faiza Al-Araji is a civil engineer, a blogger (afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com), a religious Shia with a Sunni husband, and a mother of three. After one son was recently held as a political prisoner by the Ministry of the Interior, the family fled to Jordan. |
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Dr Entisar Mohammad Ariabi, a pharmacist at the Yarmook Teaching Hospital in Baghdad, has documented the deteriorating health system. She is.married with 5 children |
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Sureya Sayadi, a Kurdish woman born in Kirkuk in 1960, is an activist for human rights in the Middle East, particularly for the Kurdish people. Her family participated in the uprising against Saddam in 1974, then became refugees in Iran. Sueya later came to the United States as political refugee, but her family is dispersed in Iraq, Iran and Turkey. |
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Singer Holly Near |
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