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==Career==
==Career==
Under Salbi's leadership as Women for Women International's CEO (1993-2011), the organization, humanitarian, and development efforts has helped more than 478,000 women in eight conflict areas and distributed more than $120 million in direct aid and micro credit loans.{{cn|date=July 2022}} In 2006, the organization was awarded the [[Conrad_N._Hilton_Foundation#Conrad_N._Hilton_Humanitarian_Prize|Hilton Humanitarian Prize]].<ref name="Richardson 2006" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hanley |first1=Delinda C. |title=Women for Women Wins Hilton Humanitarian Prize |work=[[Washington Report on Middle East Affairs]] |date=December 2006|via=EBSCOhost}}</ref>
Under Salbi's leadership as Women for Women International's CEO (1993-2011), the organization, humanitarian, and development efforts has helped more than 478,000 women in eight conflict areas and distributed more than $120 million in direct aid and micro credit loans.{{cn|date=July 2022}} One of the conflict areas includes Iraq, which Salbi visited and then wrote a report about to raise awareness and promote fundraising.<ref name="YT 2010">{{cite news |title=Zainab Salbi, the story of a Muslim who knows of war but strives for peace |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A239133867/STND |access-date=27 December 2022 |work=[[Yemen Times]] |date=October 11, 2010}}</ref>

In 2006, the organization was awarded the [[Conrad_N._Hilton_Foundation#Conrad_N._Hilton_Humanitarian_Prize|Hilton Humanitarian Prize]].<ref name="Richardson 2006" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hanley |first1=Delinda C. |title=Women for Women Wins Hilton Humanitarian Prize |work=[[Washington Report on Middle East Affairs]] |date=December 2006|via=EBSCOhost}}</ref> In 2008, the organization produced a report with an introduction by Salbi, based on 2004 and 2007 surveys Iraqi women, including [[Kurds|Kurdish]], [[History of Shia Islam|Shi'i]], [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]], [[Christians|Christian]], [[Turkmens|Turkmen]], and Sabai'i.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Goldfarb |first1=Tobey |title=Stronger Women, Stronger Nations: 2008 Iraq Report |date=March 3, 2008 |publisher=[[Women for Women International]] |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/iraq/stronger-women-stronger-nations-2008-iraq-report |access-date=27 December 2022}}</ref>


Salbi has written and spoken on the use of rape and other forms of violence against women during war. Her work has been featured on ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]''.<ref name="Wolff"/> In 1995, President [[Bill Clinton]] honored Salbi at the [[White House]] for her humanitarian work in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]]. She was also identified as one of the 100 most influential women in the world in ''Time Magazine'' and ''The Guardian''.
Salbi has written and spoken on the use of rape and other forms of violence against women during war. Her work has been featured on ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]''.<ref name="Wolff"/> In 1995, President [[Bill Clinton]] honored Salbi at the [[White House]] for her humanitarian work in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]]. She was also identified as one of the 100 most influential women in the world in ''Time Magazine'' and ''The Guardian''.

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Zainab Salbi
Zainab Salbi (2013)
Born1969 (age 54–55)
Baghdad, Iraq
Alma materGeorge Mason University
London School of Economics
Occupation(s)Author, media host, and founder of Women for Women International
SpouseAmjad Atallah (1993) divorced (2007)
Websitewww.zainabsalbi.com

Zainab Salbi (Arabic: زينب سلبي) is an Iraqi American women's rights activist and writer. She is the founder of Women for Women International and host of Through Her Eyes with Yahoo News and #Me Too, Now What?, an original series on PBS.

Early life and education

Salbi was born in 1969 in Baghdad, Iraq.[1] In 1971, she moved to House No. 8 on Street No. 70 in the Mansour district with her parents.[2] When Salbi was 11, her father became the personal pilot for Saddam Hussein, who then regularly visited the family at their home while he was president of Iraq.[3][2] Salbi would also visit with Hussein's children at his compound and recalls referring to Hussein as "Amo" ("Uncle").[4] The Iran-Iraq war also occured during her childhood, including missle attacks on Baghdad.[2][3]

At age 19, Salbi was sent to the United States after her mother became concerned about the attention Salbi received from Hussein.[4][3] Salbi's family sent her out through an arranged marriage to an older Iraqi American living in the US when she was 19 years old. The marriage was abusive and shed escape three months after, but did not return to Iraq due to the First Gulf War in 1990.

Salbi's experience with war sensitized her to the plight of women in war worldwide. When she learned of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a few years after her arrival to the US, she decided to act by founding Women for Women International with her second husband Amjad Atallah. Salbi was 23 years old at the time and the group started by assisting 33 Croatian and Bosnian women in 1993.

During college at George Mason University, she learned about the systematic rape during the Bosnian war.[5] In 1996, Salbi completed her bachelor's degree in Sociology and Women's Studies at George Mason University and a master's in development studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2001.[1][6]

Career

Under Salbi's leadership as Women for Women International's CEO (1993-2011), the organization, humanitarian, and development efforts has helped more than 478,000 women in eight conflict areas and distributed more than $120 million in direct aid and micro credit loans.[citation needed] One of the conflict areas includes Iraq, which Salbi visited and then wrote a report about to raise awareness and promote fundraising.[7]

In 2006, the organization was awarded the Hilton Humanitarian Prize.[3][8] In 2008, the organization produced a report with an introduction by Salbi, based on 2004 and 2007 surveys Iraqi women, including Kurdish, Shi'i, Sunni, Christian, Turkmen, and Sabai'i.[9]

Salbi has written and spoken on the use of rape and other forms of violence against women during war. Her work has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show.[6] In 1995, President Bill Clinton honored Salbi at the White House for her humanitarian work in Bosnia. She was also identified as one of the 100 most influential women in the world in Time Magazine and The Guardian.

Salbi announced her resignation from Women for Women International in 2011 to explore the “world of inspiration” through the media sector.

She was selected as a jury member of The Hilton Humanitarian Prize. Salbi sits on the Board of Directors of Synergos and the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP).

Media work

In 2015, Salbi launched a talk show with TLC Arabia called The Nidaa Show. The show aired across 22 countries in the Arab World, and focuses on the acknowledgment of Arab and Muslim women. It started it with the first interview of Oprah Winfrey in the Arab world. Salbi was identified as #1 Most Influential Arab Women by Arabian Business, one of the 100 Global Thinkers in the World by Foreign Policy Magazine and Oprah identified her as one of 25 women changing the world to People Magazine.  

Salbi then launched The Zainab Salbi Project, an original series with Huffington Post (2016); #MeToo, Now What? with PBS (2018); and Through Her Eyes with Zainab Salbi, an original series with Yahoo! News (2019).

Awards

  • Honored by President Clinton at a White House ceremony for her humanitarian work (1995)
  • Time magazine Innovator of the Month for her pioneering work as philanthropist
  • Forbes Magazine Trailblazer Award (2005)
  • World Economic Forum's Young Global Leader (2007)
  • David Rockefeller Bridging Leadership Award (2010)
  • Austin College Posey Leadership Award (2011)[10]
  • Visionary Leadership Award - International Festival Of Arts and Ideas (2011)
  • One of the Most Influential Women on Twitter, Fortune Magazine (2014)
  • Honorary doctorate degree from the University of York (2014)[11]
  • One of the Most Influential Women on Social Media, Wear Your Voice (2015)
  • One of the 100 Most Powerful Arab Women, Arabian Business (2015)
  • One of the 100 Leading Global Thinkers, Foreign Policy Magazine (2016)
  • One of 25 Women Changing The World, People Magazine (2016)
  • One of the 100 Most Creative People in Business for being a voice of change in the Middle East, Fast Company (2016)
  • One of the World's 100 Most Powerful Arab Women, Arabian Business (2016)
  • George Mason University, Honorary Doctorate (2019)
  • Glasgow University, Honorary Doctorate (2019)
  • Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Award - Champion for Women Survivors and Inspirational Global Journalist (2019)
  • One of the 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People, Watkins (2019)
  • One of the 100 Most Powerful Arabs, Gulf Business (2019) [12]

Books

  • Between Two Worlds: Escape From Tyranny: Growing Up in the Shadow Of Saddam, 2005, ISBN 9781592401567, OCLC 948315384[13]
  • Hidden in plain sight : growing up in the shadow of Saddam, London : Vision, 2006. ISBN 9781904132974, OCLC 768470387
  • The Other Side of War: Women's Stories of Survival & Hope Washington, D.C : National Geographic, 2006. ISBN 9780792262114, OCLC 150261088[14]
  • If You Knew Me You Would Care New York : PowerHouse, 2012. ISBN 9781576876190, OCLC 920738001
  • Freedom Is an Inside Job: Owning Our Darkness and Our Light to Heal Ourselves and the World, Sounds True, Incorporated, 2018. ISBN 9781683641773, OCLC 1077718721

References

  1. ^ a b "Zainab Salbi". Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors. Gale. October 3, 2006. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Williams, Timothy (January 6, 2010). "In Baghdad, ravaged walls tell their story: One house encapsulates, in many ways, 3 decades of the rise and fall of Iraq". International Herald Tribune. ProQuest 319027076
  3. ^ a b c d Richardson, Lisa (September 21, 2006). "Group Honored for Easing Plight of World's Women; After fleeing Iraq in 1991, Zainab Salbi began an effort to provide job training and financial support for those in war-ravaged areas". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 422078274
  4. ^ a b Joanna L. Krotz (January 1, 2012). "PROFILE: Zainab Salbi – Helping Women Recover from War". Global Women's Issues: Women in the World Today, extended version. Bureau of International Information Programs, United States Department of State. ISBN 978-1-622-39925-3. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  5. ^ Roosevelt, Margot (February 27, 2005). "Philanthropy: The Power Of Sisters-In-Arms: THE WARTIME LIFELINE". Time. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  6. ^ a b Wolff, Margaret (2006), In Sweet Company: Conversations with Extraordinary Women about Living a Spiritual Life, Wiley, pp. 135–137, ISBN 9780787983383
  7. ^ "Zainab Salbi, the story of a Muslim who knows of war but strives for peace". Yemen Times. October 11, 2010. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  8. ^ Hanley, Delinda C. (December 2006). "Women for Women Wins Hilton Humanitarian Prize". Washington Report on Middle East Affairs – via EBSCOhost.
  9. ^ Goldfarb, Tobey (March 3, 2008). Stronger Women, Stronger Nations: 2008 Iraq Report. Women for Women International. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  10. ^ "International Humanitarian Zainab Salbi to Receive 2011 Posey Leadership Award". January 7, 2011.
  11. ^ "University of York honours 16 for their contribution to society". University of York. July 11, 2014. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
  12. ^ "Top 100 most powerful Arabs 2019". Gulf Business. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
  13. ^ Reviews of Between Two Worlds
  14. ^ Reviews of The Other Side of War
    • Langbein, Sarah (September 14, 2006). "Lives rise out of the ashes of war ; A new book tells the stories of women who turn tragedy into hope". Orlando Sentinel. ProQuest 280495798
    • Grinker, Lori (December 24, 2006). "Women, transcendent; The Other Side of War Women's Stories of Survival & Hope Zainab Salbi National Geographic". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 422146708
    • Mitchell, Penni (Summer 2007). "The Other Side of War: Women's Stories of Survival & Hope". Herizons. 21 (1): 49 – via EBSCOhost.

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