All the Children of the World
Salee Allawe, a ten-year-old child, was critically injured on November 7, 2006 while playing with her brother, cousin and some friends outside her uncle’s home in Haswa, Iraq. Salee said they were...
View ArticleSmiles, kind gestures help heal Iraqi girl’s wounds
Eight months after an American bomb blew off her legs, 9-year-old Salee Allawy came to Greenville, S.C., for surgery, therapy and prosthetic legs. She came with her father, Hussein Allawy, sponsored by...
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People Magazine Coverage
People Magazine spent some time with Salee, NMV and local volunteers in Greenville, SC. They got some great photographs and put together a 4-page spread for their September 14 issue. Here are scans of...
View ArticleIraqi girl takes new legs for walk around town
There’s an elevator at Falls Park but Salee Allawe is determined to take the stairs from Main Street down to the bridge over the Reedy River. “I want to do it,” the plucky 10-year-old Iraqi girl...
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Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman Interviews Salee and Her Father
Before returning to Iraq, Salee and her father joined Amy Goodman on Democracy Now to talk about the American air strike that took her legs, their lives in occupied Iraq and the medical treatment she...
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Help for the Victims: WNC Women Seek to Aid Iraqi children
ASHEVILLE – In September, Anne Craig went from despair to hope when she met Salee Allawe, a 9-year-old Iraqi girl who lost both legs in a U.S. bomb attack near her home. “I knew I could do something...
View ArticleUpstate friends help Iraqi girl return to Greenville
Bear hugs and welcoming smiles greeted Salee Allawe when she returned to Shriners Hospital for Children on Wednesday, two years after traveling to Greenville from Iraq to be fitted with prosthetic...
View ArticleA HELPING HAND: Teenagers brought together by pain of war
The two girls had never met before last weekend, but they already had a special connection.One is a 12-year-old Iraqi who lost her legs during an American airstrike. The other is a 15-year-old Carmel...
View ArticleSalee and Her Father on Democracy Now with Amy Goodman
In this video, Salee and her father pay a visit to Amy Goodman of Democracy Now. NMV video opens the segment, and then they fill out of the story of the attack and the grassroots efforts that brought...
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