What I learned from a girl in Iraq: Human being first, journalist second

A few months ago, I traveled to a place I’d never visited before: Mbale, Uganda. I wasn’t there to marvel at the vastness of Lake Victoria or spend a day at a safari park, though I wished I’d had time to see mountain gorillas. I was there to Meet Noor, a girl I met 11 years ago in the midst of the Iraq war. She came … Continue reading What I learned from a girl in Iraq: Human being first, journalist second