Thursday, December 8, 2016
Benin Al Hakim
Oral History Project
Oras Aljanabi's Background:
By: Benin Al Hakim
I had a fantastic time interviewing my mother Oras Aljanabi. Oras Aljanabi was born in Iraq on October 26, 1976. She is 40 years old, has four kids; two girls and two boys. It was very nice interviewing my mother because we grew a better bond together after hearing the experience she had as a young person. Oras Aljanabi has diabetes, back problems, and more health problems; I always saw her as strong for dealing with those problems, but seeing how much stronger she was as a young person had me admire her even more. She isn't only a strong person from the outside and towards people but within her self and she has a good heart.
Oras Aljanabi's Journey:
By: Benin Al Hakim
Oras Aljanabi was 17 years old when this experience happened, she was living in Iraq. At that time instead of living in the city Baghdad with her parents and siblings, she was living in the city Karbala with her grandmother. One day, there were terrorist who invaded Karbala from Iran and another country that wanted to steal from the government. They wanted to take money, jewelry, gold, weapons, and most likely girls. Everyone in Karbala tried saving themselves and their family members. There were bombing, gun shoots, and the main thing which was stealing girls. The terrorists would steal girls to rape them; most would rape them in front of their parents. After they’d rape girls, they’d kill them. Oras Aljanabi was trying to escape, but ended up staying to help a women who lost her baby. After getting her baby back, they escaped and survived through the war. Whenever the terrorists would try and look for more people to steal from and kill, everyone would leave the house and hide in another, and when they go to another house, everyone would go back to hide. When they escaped, the went to the mosque to sleepover with the rest of the survivors. That was the most safe place to be at. Knowing my mother had risked her life to save someone else is just amazing. I'm blessed to have such a strong and good hearted person as my mother.
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