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Meet Juliana Taimoorazy: Nobel Peace Prize nominee and advocate for Iraqi Christians

News: Middle East

Michelle La Rosa
Sep 21, 2021
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It was 1989, and Juliana Taimoorazy’s family was desperate to escape Iran. Facing increasing persecution as Assyrian Christians, the family had already helped Taimoorazy’s brother escape to Europe. But getting an unmarried teenage girl out of the country without attracting the government’s attention was no easy feat.

Juliana Taimoorazy. Credit: Iraqi Chr…

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