Basma Alawee

Basma Alawee
Honorary Delegate
Resettled Refugee from Iraq

Basma Alawee her husband were forced to flee Iraq when her family was targeted due to her husband’s employment by an American company.

Basma now lives in Atlantic Beach, Florida with her husband and two daughters. She is Executive Director and Co-Founder of WeaveTales and Campaign Manager at We Are All America.

Although she was a material engineer in Iraq, she struggled to get credential recognition in the United States. Instead, she obtained a teaching certificate and taught math and science at a middle school and volunteered as an Arabic interpreter.

Basma is very involved with the Iraqi Family Organization through World Relief, and works tirelessly to change people’s perceptions and increase cultural understanding of Muslims and people from the Middle East. She is most proud of teaching and educating middle and high school students about refugees through her work, and guiding them to volunteer and help refugees in Jacksonville.

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