Mar 19, 2013 · Ali Hamdani was a doctor in Iraq before becoming a translator for NPR. He now lives in North Carolina. Ten years after the Iraq War began, NPR is catching up with people we encountered during the...

They came here fleeing violence and oppression in Iraq to find freedom and a better life in North Carolina. That’s the story an Iraqi family tells in the new WRAL Documentary “Welcome to North...

Mar 19, 2013 · Ali Hamdani was a doctor in Iraq before becoming a translator for NPR. He now lives in North Carolina. Ten years after the Iraq War began, NPR is catching up with people we encountered during...

Mar 19, 2013 · Ten years after the Iraq War began, NPR is catching up with people we encountered during the conflict. Back in 2008, NPR’s armored car was targeted with a so-called sticky bomb in Baghdad. Ali Hamdani, an Iraqi who worked for NPR as a translator and producer, narrowly escaped.

Jun 25, 2020 · Ghazwan Alsakafi, an Iraqi refugee living in North Carolina, organizes drives to collect and distribute masks and hand sanitizer to his community.

Apr 19, 2019 · Staff Sgt. Mary Junell stands on her assigned truck while she was serving in Iraq in 2004 with the North Carolina National Guard’s 1450th Transportation Company. The unit spent several months on the roads in Iraq before they were able to get armor on their vehicles; a common occurrence in the early years of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Feb 20, 2017 · Noaman Al-Naqshabandi arrived in Garner 15 days before President Donald Trump issued the executive order that temporarily banned citizens from Iraq and six other predominantly Muslim countries...

Based at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, the 82nd Airborne Division is the primary fighting arm of the XVIII Airborne Corps. The 82nd Division was constituted in the National Army on August 5th,...

Dec 14, 2024 · WASHINGTON, D.C. — President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday that he has selected a former soldier and Iraq War veteran to serve as his secretary of the Army. Daniel P. Driscoll, from North Carolina, had been serving as a senior adviser to Vice President-elect JD Vance, whom he met when both were attending Yale Law School.

Apr 6, 2022 · Despite being over 6,000 miles apart, students in Iraq and North Carolina have found they have much to share with one another and plenty to learn on their weekly Zoom calls.