[cs_content][cs_section bg_image=”https://www.storiesofourcity.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/baghdad_blur.jpg” parallax=”true” separator_top_type=”none” separator_top_height=”50px” separator_top_inset=”0px” separator_top_angle_point=”50″ separator_bottom_type=”none” separator_bottom_height=”50px” separator_bottom_inset=”0px” separator_bottom_angle_point=”50″ style=”margin: 0px;padding: 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][x_custom_headline level=”h2″ looks_like=”h2″ accent=”true” class=”cs-ta-center”]Stories from Baghdad[/x_custom_headline][x_image type=”none” src=”https://dev.storiesofourcity.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/jaminicole_01-3.jpg” alt=”” link=”false” href=”#” title=”” target=”” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover” info_content=”” style=”display: block;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;border: 5px solid;padding: 0px;”][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][cs_section bg_color=”rgb(136, 134, 134)” parallax=”false” separator_top_type=”none” separator_top_height=”50px” separator_top_inset=”0px” separator_top_angle_point=”50″ separator_bottom_type=”none” separator_bottom_height=”50px” separator_bottom_inset=”0px” separator_bottom_angle_point=”50″ style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][x_line style=”border-top-width: 1px;”][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center”]
Looking For America, Longing For Family
By: Kenisha Leonhardt and Scott Lashinsky
July 27, 2017[/cs_text][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center”]Life can be very dangerous for Iraqis who have worked with the United States Army during the Iraq War. Even for those who leave their Iraqi homeland, in many cases, their families and relatives left behind still remain vulnerable. Such is the case of Noor, who has since immigrated to the United States, leaving her family behind in her motherland. Now in the process of becoming a U.S. citizen, Noor has come to feel at home in her new country. But one thing is missing: her family. Though Iraq has been removed from Donald Trump’s revised travel ban, which affects residents of six Muslim-majority countries throughout North Africa and the Middle East, the process for Iraqis applying for entry visas into the United States can still be arduous and quite time-consuming. Listen as Noor shares about her journey, her struggle, and the continuing desire to one day be reunited with her family on American soil.
Editor’s Note: The subject’s name in this week’s story has been changed to protect her identity.[/cs_text][x_audio_player src=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/storiesofmycity/Looking_for_America.mp3″ advanced_controls=”true” preload=”none” autoplay=”false” loop=”false”][x_line style=”border-top-width: 1px;”][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center”]
Rami’s Story
By: Katy Gilbert[/cs_text][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center”]Rami is an Iraqi national that left Iraq during the war. In this story, he shares about the first 21 days of the war—the shock and awe.[/cs_text][x_audio_player src=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/storiesofmycity/1-mp3_rami.mp3″ advanced_controls=”true” preload=”none” autoplay=”false” loop=”false”][x_line style=”border-top-width: 1px;”][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center”]
A Love Story
By: Katy Gilbert[/cs_text][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center”]Rami is an Iraqi national that left Iraq during the war. He tells of his first love in this week’s story. [/cs_text][x_audio_player src=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/storiesofmycity/2-_a_love_story_mp3.mp3″ advanced_controls=”true” preload=”none” autoplay=”false” loop=”false”][x_line style=”border-top-width: 1px;”][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center”]
Bus Story
By: Katy Gilbert[/cs_text][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center”]Ahmed, an Iraqi refugee living in Jordan, relates an experience he had one day on the bus in Baghdad, Iraq. The incident occurred during the time of the Iraqi embargo, and times were tough. Listen as he shares a glimpse of what life was like in Iraq at that time. [/cs_text][x_audio_player src=”https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/storiesofmycity/Episode_04-A_Bus_Story_ReMaster.mp3″ advanced_controls=”true” preload=”none” autoplay=”false” loop=”false”][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][/cs_content]