Is she beautiful or what? She should run for Miss Kurdistan.
Miss Kurdistan the US owes you an apology
Is she beautiful or what? She should run for Miss Kurdistan.
Apparently, since we all know there are stupid people everywhere, a few stupid FBI US people thought she needed to be taken in for immigration irregularities. Can you imagine?! Anyway, so they knocked on her room at the Dorm where she is attending college because of some computer glitch that caused her papers to expire. They started asking her for her immigration papers. She was in the US going to school in Omaha, Nebraska on a program to establish friendly relationships between our countries (AND WE TAKE HER TO VISIT THE JAIL?? IDIOTS!!).
Then, because this 25 year old Kurdish beauty with brains girl spoke English so well, the FBI was suspicious and they asked her where she learned to speak the language. She said, "I learned from watching movies". Well....since NO American could ever dream of learning another language from movies, cause they would never WANT to learn that bad, they didn't believe her. She explained why she was here....they didn't wait to check it out or anything they just took her to the jail IN HANDCUFFS!!!
She did not go meekly. She was very, very brave. She told them they were being rude. She laughed at them and she told them "You have to know more about us. I'm Kurdish. We are the only ally of the U.S. in the whole region." Good for her!
"She is majoring in international studies, specializing in managing international nonprofit organizations.
She calls her homeland Kurdistan rather than Iraq. She recalls the fear of Saddam Hussein in her hometown before Kurds gained some autonomy after the 1991 Persian Gulf War. She plans to work in a human service organization after graduating from UNO and returning home."
Once again! Good for her!
This all happened in late October, but a really nice guy named Thomas Gouttierre, dean of international studies at UNO came almost immediately, and saved her from the morons...hey...they were just being stupid here, not ALL FBI are stupid, just these guys. So, I wrote to Mr. Gouttierre and asked him if he would put her in touch with us and we could make sure that she has everything she needs and the rest of her trip here in the US is wonderful.
I know that all of us have been concerned about this young lady and so I thought we should let her know that she has FRIENDS!!!! So again, I am calling all Kurds and friends of Kurds USA and everywhere else to please help this future leader of Kurdistan out. Let her know that she is not alone and we will be there for her. If ANYONE knows ANYONE in Omaha...let's make sure she has a friend there to call on if she needs ANYTHING and to ensure this doesn't happen again. It's important that we support one another. It's important that no matter where a Kurd goes...that Kurd never feels alone, and always has friends looking out for her/him.
So let's network here okay? You know the rules of "six degrees of separation" right?
posted by Emmunah at 3:54 AM
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