Class of 2020 Success Stories: MACIE program enhances Iraqi student's leadership skills as a cross-cultural education scholar
Class of 2020 Success Stories: MACIE program enhances Iraqi student's leadership skills as a cross-cultural education scholar By Bob Cunningham ’18 Shadan Albakua’s life was forever changed in June 2014 when the city of Mosul fell to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) insurgents. More than 500,000 Iraqi civilians became displaced because of the violence, including Albakua and her family. “We lost our sense of belonging and, after that, we became a different family,” she said. “After 2014, every family in Mosul City lost one of their family members either when traveling outs...
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