Ahlam's Story of Becoming an Iraqi Refugee in Syria

Please visit: www.buildingpeacefulbridges.org for more information on how to become involved. On October 17, 2019, Ahlam, co-founder of Building Peaceful Bridges, presented at 80 Minutes Around the World at Wilmette Theatre. She shares her harrowing story of becoming a refugee in Syria and subsequently the United States after al-Queda forced her, her husband and their three children to leave their home country of Iraq. Filmed by Nestor Gomez.

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