Aliyah Khalaf Saleh, also known as Umm Qusay, is an Iraqi humanitarian who helped over 50 individuals escape persecution by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in 2014. She is widely regarded as being a folk heroine in Iraq.
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Aneesa AhmedAlso won International Women of Courage Award
Pricilla de Oliveira AzevedoAlso won International Women of Courage Award
Gabi CallejaAlso won International Women of Courage Award
Mutabar TadjibayevaAlso won International Women of Courage Award
L’Malouma SaidAlso won International Women of Courage Award
Mayerlis AngaritaAlso won International Women of Courage AwardAbout this person
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living
Dates
Born 1956 · age 70
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