On the first day of November in 1966, Ekram Alomar was born in the old fashioned town in Basrah, Iraq.There she was raised and grew all her life along with her five sisters and three brothers. Ekram’s family was big, and it …show more content…
They married and had four children. My mom was a teacher and my dad was an engineer. In Iraq they get paid a good amount of money. Things in Iraq didn’t work well. Iraq had war. The country was very dangerous. Ekram didn’t really care about her job and her career all she cared about was to save her husband’s life and her children. In the interview with Omar he said that she came to me and told me that we should go to another country. She didn’t care about the money we get paid, all she cared about was me and her children (Omar). In 2006, people in Iraq started to kill each other because of names. My father’s name was Omar and that name was unwanted in Iraq. Ekram was worried about her husband’s life. She tried her best to do what she can to protect them.” That day I was so sad, but something inside me was telling me to have faith in god. I had to leave all my relatives and my job, because I had something more important and valuable”