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Zainab Salbi



Zainab Salbi is an Iraqi women’s rights activist, social entrepreneur, writer, public speaker, and media personality. She founded Women for Women International, which is dedicated to helping women in war-torn regions rebuild their lives and communities, and has produced and hosted documentary-style series for PBS, Yahoo News, and HuffPost.

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The Stories of a Headscarf

Muslim women are needed as critical agents of change in this historical transformative moment in Islamic history and the Middle East. Yet it’s tough to be a Muslim woman these days. We’ve become symbols, not individuals.

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Zainab Salbi
2015
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Redefined - Rosanne Cash

Music great Rosanne Cash joins Zainab to talk about the intersection of creativity, authenticity, and the Divine. Over the course of her illustrious career as a singer, songwriter, and author, Rosanne Cash has learned to embrace both her own identity and her father’s towering legacy.

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Redefined with Zainab Salbi
2021
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How Zainab Salbi Learned to See Her Own Beauty | SuperSoul Sunday | Oprah Winfrey Network

When people tell you that you look beautiful, do you feel beautiful? For years, best-selling author Zainab Salbi didn’t. The human rights activist says she never saw herself as a beautiful woman.

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2015
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FindCenter Quotes ImageThe single thing all women need in the world is inspiration, and inspiration comes from storytelling.

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Little House in the War Zone

A place that was once filled with the happiness of my childhood, the fear of Saddam Hussein, the loss of my mother, the joy of my brother’s wedding, the horror of the execution center, the pain of the prostituted women and the weapons of the army, still holds my family’s hopes and dreams.

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Zainab Salbi
2009
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Redefined - Sharon Salzberg

Sharon Salzberg has maintained a meditation practice for nearly fifty years and during that time she has become one of our most compassionate and compelling teachers.

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Redefined with Zainab Salbi
2021
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Zainab Salbi: Activism Has Been a "Journey of Humility" | SuperSoul Sunday | Oprah Winfrey Network

The international humanitarian explains how she became a more empathetic activist.

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Zainab Salbi
2015
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FindCenter Quotes ImageWe can walk the path of freedom when we let go of our fears and dare to be who we really are.

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Zainab Salbi: Escape from Tyranny

At 23, the woman who called Saddam Hussein 'uncle' set up Women for Women International, to help those affected by war. Twenty years on, she talks about her latest mission in the Middle East.

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Homa Khaleeli
2013
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Redefined - Sadhguru

Visionary yogi and mystic Sadhguru discusses the power and necessity of embracing self-determination and shares moving lessons from his latest book, Karma: A Yogi’s Guide to Crafting Your Destiny.

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Redefined with Zainab Salbi
2021
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