Voices from the Iraqi Student Project
On Saturday, February 20, 2010 at the Evanston Public Library, five students from the Iraqi Student Project presented a panel on their life experiences to a standing-room only crowd.
In conjunction with a photo exhibit by ISP volunteer Andrew Courtney, five Iraqi students studying in the area spoke of their lives in Iraq and as people displaced by the war, of their present life studying here in the U.S. under the auspices of the ISP, and of their hopes for their future and the future of their country. The program was opened by noted folksinger Kristen Lems and also featured a short film by ISP student Haram Al-Mukhbar. See this film at Iraq Before and After 2003
• Ali came to Dominican University in River Forest from Amman, where he lived for two years after leaving Iraq in 2006. He is studying International Business.
• Bassma came from Syria to Mount Mary College in Milwaukee. She is presently studying Liberal Arts and hopes to help new generations of Iraqi children.
• Fatima moved to Syria from Baghdad in 2006. She is majoring in Biology at Alverno College in Milwaukee and hopes to return to Iraq to be a dentist.
• Hala moved to Syria from Baghdad and is a student at DePaul University, majoring in Information Assurance & Security Engineering.
• Majd came to Lewis University in Romeoville directly from Baghdad,. He is studying computer science.
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