Yes.

Julie Sharon super incredible story.

You know the dreams the hardship
he went through perseverance and

through all hope that we were inspiring
each of us to pursue our dreams and all

the obstacles trial way or
the cost that is going

to require of us born in the right way.

Yes they were and
where your rights states.

I want you to my first story and
you will say it's quite a story

in the United States
where you know my sister

she's in the process and she's really
all pleased with me giving a warm.

Thank you.
Good morning.

My name is behind me in Baghdad and
today I'd like to discuss with you one

of my experiences being a refugee and
now the United States.

One of the things that I've learned in
my life that there's nothing possible

from my country of origin.

I learned that everything.

It's through the journey of fly
one of the most important things

that living through the war teaches
you how to move on with your life.

I came from Baghdad Iraq.

I was where I was studying engineering or
I was to become a construction

engineer my dream was to finish a Ph D.
and teach at a university

that was one one flight because called
I worked very hard to achieve it.

I had made a promise to myself and my dad
who passed away when I was only nine.

But I will try my best to achieve my goal.

At tending back of that universe city
during the years that followed the U.S.

invasion was unsafe option for
a lot of students.

I went there every day even though that
I saw a lot of bodies on the streets.

You can see many bombings roads
were often blocked off without

any way to know when they will reopen
again most of us who went to university.

Welding at a great risk willing to die
just to get our education finished.

We got a lot of warnings that the military
is with Bob our university if we did not

go stopping there.

But everyone tried not to listen.

However though I was
the fifth in my class.

I was for sleep my studies and
security situations in Baghdad

had become wars and
my family could not live in Iraq anymore.

So we went to Jordan as refugees and
I was totally disappointed and

a lot at a loss as I did
not know what to do.

I didn't know how to move forward.

My life I had to wait and wait for what.

I don't know.

See my time passing away without
achieving anything was very painful.

Eventually I started thinking
to improve one of my hockey's

one of which was medicine
in particular and

pharmacy in particular I found a friend
who owned a pharmacy and I She invited me.

As I volunteered there.

I went there every day and I moralised
the common names of cost of drugs.

My experience working in
the pharmacy was very good to me.

Later I discovered that the German Embassy
offered us scholarships for

Iraqi student who did not finish
their education to finish their

education in fact that in Germany.

I applied for
cation process was very long.

I thought of interviews exams.

Essays.

I was but with my disbelief.

I was among the three students chosen for
the word.

However I could not hold my happiness for
a long time.

Again I had to choose between
my family and my studies.

My family got accepted to claim
United States as a refugee.

I was very it was very tough choice for

me as I had just found a way
to continue my studies.

And Armand Jordan.

However I realized I realized
that I could defer my own choice.

Of my own goals because my family
would not depend on me for other.

So I came to United States with my
mother and fifteen year old sister and

October two thousand and seven and since
then I have been working two jobs seven

days a week to provide for my family needs
though I have lived through two wars

had to have been my studies twice and
moved to a new country.

To support my family I do not reset

my unique experience because it has
told me many things many good things.

It has taught me how to persevere to seek
opportunities and how to move forward.

My life.
How to be more passionate about my goals.

Now I am a resident of the United States.

And my great desire is to
finish my education here and

land of opportunity with a three
things that I learned hope goals and

willing will make this to
finish to do hard work.

And I think I'll succeed.

Living in the United States
open my eyes for new things.

As a parent is Johnson Reagan said life

challenges are not
supposed to paralyze you.

They're supposed to discover who you are.

I realize that.

Having a relationship with other people
is more important than anything else in

the world people I never
met helped me a lot.

At the beginning of my life and

helped me discover the joy of
challenge and the joy of growth.

I believe because of my
drive unique experience and

hardship and been through I was qualified.

To have an opportunity to
finish my education again and

now I'm a I'm a student in Georgia for
a college.

Thank you.