It broke my heart when I saw my poem “To Hawa” published in Genocide Studies and Prevention by University of South Florida. But, amidst the heartbreak, I am glad that I found a meaningful way to share this tragedy with the world. In 1991, during Gulf War, Hawa was only 5 years old when her spinal cord was damaged in one of Saddam’s bombing attacks by shrapnel leaving her lower limbs paralyzed. In May 2023, Hawa died from body sores associated withher never healed shrapnel wounds.
Just Words: Echoes of Kurdish Women 