{"id":1474,"date":"2018-02-24T08:08:04","date_gmt":"2018-02-24T15:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aalrawi.com\/?page_id=1474"},"modified":"2022-07-13T09:28:18","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T16:28:18","slug":"icrc1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aalrawi.com\/?page_id=1474","title":{"rendered":"International Red Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I served\u00a0\u00a0as a<b>\u00a0<\/b>communication officer from 2002 to 2005\u00a0then as a\u00a0spokesperson\u00a0for<b>\u00a0<\/b>the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Baghdad, Iraq. My work was focused on addressing the humanitarian situation in the country.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aalrawi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Flag_of_the_ICRC.svg_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2010 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/aalrawi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Flag_of_the_ICRC.svg_.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aalrawi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Flag_of_the_ICRC.svg_.png 1200w, https:\/\/aalrawi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Flag_of_the_ICRC.svg_-768x887.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>On October 27, 2003, the ICRC building got attacked by a booby trapped ambulance, causing the death of several staff members. I was lucky to survive the attack because I was standing a few meters away from the window behind my office desk. Below are some of the photos of the building and what was left of my office.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aalrawi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/My-project-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2069\" src=\"https:\/\/aalrawi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/My-project-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"861\" height=\"1007\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aalrawi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/My-project-2.png 861w, https:\/\/aalrawi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/My-project-2-768x898.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 861px) 100vw, 861px\" \/><\/a>My work at the ICRC involved:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Writing several investigative reports on the humanitarian situation in Iraq which entailed travelling to different parts of the country and interviewing victims of violence and vulnerable people.<b>\u00a0<\/b>See below some of the Arabic reports I wrote and pictures I took which mostly appeared in the international ICRC magazine,\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.icrc.org\/ara\/assets\/files\/other\/icrc_004_alinsani29.pdf\">Insani<\/a><\/em>:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/aalrawi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Even-Al-Shamaiah-mental-hospital-was-not-safe-from-destruction.pdf\">Even Al-Shamaiah mental hospital was not safe from destruction<\/a>\u201d. (2003). Summer, 25, pp. 48-52.<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/aalrawi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Unexploded-remnants-of-war-A-grave-danger.pdf\">Unexploded remnants of war: A grave danger<\/a>\u201d. (2003). Autumn, 26, pp. 12-14. This investigative report was republished in\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/aalrawi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Huriah.pdf\">Huriah<\/a><\/em>\u00a0newspaper, Amman, Jordan, 2004, January, 21, 2, p. 11, and published in\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/aalrawi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Ethar.pdf\">Ethar<\/a><\/em>\u00a0magazine, Sanaa, Yemen, the Yemeni Red Crescent Society, 2004 January-February, 24, pp. 13-14.<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.icrc.org\/ara\/assets\/files\/other\/insany_28.pdf\">Homeless Iraqi children<\/a>\u201d. (2004). Summer, 28, pp. 36-38.<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.icrc.org\/ara\/assets\/files\/other\/insany_28.pdf\">Handicapped in Iraq: Looking forward to living normal lives<\/a>\u201d. (2004). Summer, 28, pp. 42-43.<\/li>\n<li>Published a few investigative reports in English, too (see this\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.icrc.org\/eng\/resources\/documents\/feature\/2003\/iraq_story_adnan17-09-03.htm\">link<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aalrawi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Untitled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1458\" src=\"https:\/\/aalrawi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Untitled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"937\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aalrawi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Untitled.jpg 937w, https:\/\/aalrawi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Untitled-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aalrawi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Untitled-768x441.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 937px) 100vw, 937px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Writing press releases, media replies, briefing notes, reports, articles, journalistic reporting, news\u2026etc in Arabic and English (see for example these links: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icrc.org\/eng\/resources\/documents\/news-release\/2009-and-earlier\/672mtk.htm\">1,<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.icrc.org\/eng\/resources\/documents\/news-release\/2009-and-earlier\/66kmu4.htm\">2,\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icrc.org\/ara\/resources\/documents\/misc\/65gg62.htm\">3<\/a>, &amp;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icrc.org\/ara\/resources\/documents\/misc\/65wcpj.htm\">4<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>During my work for the ICRC, I was interviewed by hundreds of TV, radio, newspaper outlets belonging to international and local media. Below is a small sample, and a more complete list of interviews can be found in Pro-Quest, Nexis Uni, and Factiva news archives:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nnumagazine.uberflip.com\/i\/198753-registered-nurse-october-2006\/17?\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wrong place, wrong time: Civilian victims of PTSD<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Registered Nurse<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. October, 2006.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2004-12-23\/fallujah-residents-prepare-to-return\/607508\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fallujah residents prepare to return<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agence France Press<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. December 23, 2004.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/columbustelegram.com\/news\/u-s-troops-sweep-through-mosul-day-after-deadly-attack\/article_afb577a7-5a73-569f-9c5a-c66c1dff4c56.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.S. troops sweep through Mosul day after deadly attack<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Columbus Telegram<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. December 22, 2004.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/1143306.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Cross Says Al-Fallujah\u2019s Water-purification Plants Remain Unusable<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Radio Free Europe<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. December 22, 2004.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinadaily.com.cn\/english\/doc\/2004-12\/22\/content_402403.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blast at US mess tent in Iraq kills 22<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China Daily<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. December 22, 2004.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/nation-world\/army-tears-up-bill-of-soldier-who-lost-arm\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Army tears up bill of soldier who lost arm<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Seattle Times<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. December 11, 2004.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.boston.com\/news\/world\/articles\/2004\/12\/11\/red_cross_gets_first_look_at_war_ravaged_fallujah\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Cross gets first look at war-ravaged Fallujah<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Associated Press<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. December 11, 2004.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/middle-east\/fallujah-the-homecoming-and-the-homeless-683283.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fallujah: The homecoming and the homeless<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Independent<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. December 11, 2004.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/4085109.stm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">US warns on Falluja disease risk<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d.<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> BBC News<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. December 10, 2004.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewhumanitarian.org\/report\/24297\/iraq-ircs-delivered-aid-fallujah\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IRCS delivered aid to Fallujah<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IRIN news<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. November 26, 2004.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/second-sunni-cleric-gunned-down\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Second Sunni Cleric Gunned Down<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CBS News<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. November 23, 2004.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/id\/wbna6566914\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.N.: Iraq fighting &#8216;wreaking havoc&#8217; on children<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NBC News<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. November 23, 2004.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/articles\/A60936-2004Nov18.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Fallujah Family, a Daring Escape<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Washington Post<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. November 19, 2004.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/4026931.stm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aid stalemate at the gates of Falluja<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BBC News<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. November 19, 2004.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/4021629.stm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Falluja &#8216;will get government aid<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;\u201d. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BBC News<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. November 18, 2004.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mg.co.za\/article\/2004-11-15-fighting-sweeps-sunni-muslim-heartland\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fighting sweeps Sunni Muslim heartland<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mail &amp; Guardian<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. November 14, 2004.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/middle-east\/fallujah-situation-disastrous-charity-says-533058.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fallujah situation &#8216;disastrous&#8217;, charity says<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Independent<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. November 13, 2004.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/usatoday30.usatoday.com\/news\/world\/2004-12-10-redcross_x.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Cross visits Fallujah in first inspection since raids<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Associated Press<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. October 12, 2004.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Defense-News\/2004\/08\/20\/Iraqis-who-fled-fighting-want-to-go-home\/56071093034059\/?u3L=1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iraqis who fled fighting want to go home<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UPI<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. August 20, 2004.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>From 2005 to 2006, I served as a<b>\u00a0<\/b>consultant for ICRC in Amman, Jordan. The job included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Giving consultancy on media and public relation issues and evaluating the political and social events as well as the humanitarian environment.<\/li>\n<li>Setting, organizing, and following up seminars and workshops for Iraqi journalists and active non-governmental agencies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I served\u00a0\u00a0as a\u00a0communication officer from 2002 to 2005\u00a0then as a\u00a0spokesperson\u00a0for\u00a0the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Baghdad, Iraq. My work was focused on addressing the humanitarian situation in the country. On October 27, 2003, the ICRC building got attacked by a booby trapped ambulance, causing the death of several staff members. 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