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Voices Lectures welcomes Salbi February 24 2021
An Iraqi-American activist who has dedicated her life to helping women in conflict areas will speak March 3.
Zainab Salbi promises to address the theme of How to Heal in a Time of Divide as part of her talk at the next Voices Lectures series event, 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 3.
And she has a lot of experience in dealing with division, as an Iraqi-American humanitarian, author, TV host and activist. She was born and raised in Iraq, and her family had a close association with the late Iraqi president Saddam Hussein her father was his personal pilot. Psychological abuse and more led her family to send Salbi to the United States for an arranged marriage at age 19, and the marriage turned into a nightmare of abuse. She managed to escape it and move on with her life.
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As a journalist, she created and hosted several shows including: #MeToo, Now What? on PBS (2018); The Zainab Salbi Project, original series on Huffington Post (2016); The Nidaa Show with TLC Arabic where she started with the historic first interview of Oprah Winfrey in the Arab world; and her latest Through Her Eyes with Zainab Salbi at Yahoo News. She frequently appears on MSNBC as a commentator on current news.
Zainab is also the author of several books and has been recognized as one of the most influential women in the world by several renowned international magazines. She was recently selected as a jury member of The Hilton Humanitarian Prize – the biggest award for humanitarian work throughout the world. She sits on the Board of Directors of Synergos and the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP).