Zainab Salbi

Overview

Zainab Salbi born Baghdad, Iraq September 24, 1969. Iraqi-American humanitarian. Founded Women for Women International to help women victims of war, 1993; awarded Hilton Humanitarian Prize, 2005.

Quotations

"War is the color of earth as it explodes in our faces, the sound of a child pleading, the smell of smoke and fear. Women survivors of war are not the single image portrayed on the television screen, but the glue that holds families and countries together. Perhaps by understanding women, and the other side of war. . . we will have more humility in our discussions of wars. . . [P]erhaps it is time to listen to women's side of history." (The Other Side of War)