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Zainab Salbi

Zainab Salbi is an Iraqi-American writer and women’s rights activist. Her latest book, If You Knew Me You Would Care, is out in March 2013. She is the founder of Women for Women International, a humanitarian organization, and she is now in Iraq working on a new book about Iraqi women.

Iraqi Women

‘Now I Fear Everyone’

Ten years later, child marriage, domestic violence, and divorce are up, Iraqi women tell Zainab Salbi.

Zainab Salbi

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Out of the Past

I Escaped Uday’s Lust

I left Iraq decades ago, but 'The Devil's Double' brought back memories I thought were gone.

Zainab Salbi

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Our Fight Begins Today!

On the 99th annual International Women’s Day, activist Zainab Salbi says the world should be ashamed of the violence and poverty women still face across the globe. Here’s how to reverse the startling statistics within the next 10 years.

Zainab Salbi

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