Claudia Lefko

Claudia Lefko, a long-time educator, activist and advocate for children, is the founding director of The Iraqi Children's Art Exchange and its project, Baghdad Resolve: An International Collaboration to Improve Cancer Care in Iraq.

Irak: lo que debe saber sobre el país que destruimos

"Sabemos que no podemos 'salvar' a la gente matándola; no podemos 'salvar' pueblos en Afganistán o ciudades en Irak o el país de Siria destruyéndolos".

Claudia Lefko
Por Claudia Lefko
Iraqi policemen inspect the scene of a car bomb attack near the Sacred Heart Church in the Karrada Neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sep. 30, 2012.(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

I've been working with Iraqis since January 2001, when I made my first trip to Baghdad.  Some of these long-time colleagues and friends are Christians, most are Muslims. I don't know if they're Shi'ia or Sunni. I've never asked, and they have never offered. So, I don't know if my friend Mazin in more danger or less in this current crisis… perhaps

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