It happened in Iraq

It happened in Iraq

It was 1998, between the Gulf War and the Iraq War and during the time of US imposed sanctions on Iraq that I followed my intuition and traveled to Baghdad and Basrah. At the time it was a 12-year prison sentence and a million dollar fine for a US citizen to make that...
Gratitude and the Power of Story

Gratitude and the Power of Story

“…As a thank you for coming to Baghdad to hear our stories.” I traveled to Iraq in 1998 during the time of US sanctions to bear witness to the suffering of the people. It was a 15-hour drive from Amman, Jordan across the desert to Baghdad in 130-degree heat. The...