Nour Al-Khal is a translator from Baghdad. Al-Khal holds a BA in English Literature from Baghdad University. In 2003, she began working for the United States Agency for International Development as a translator helping the local government in Basra. She also worked as a translator for British and American reporters, one of whom was Steven Vincent. A death squad kidnapped Al-Khal and Vincent in August 2005 in Basra. They were both shot multiple times. Vincent died, Al-Khal survived. Al-Khal and Vincent’s widow, Lisa Ramaci, co-edited Vincent’s book In the Red Zone: A Journey into the Soul of Iraq, which will be published in September 2009.

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In Grief, a Bond and the Resolve to Help

Iraqi Refugee Program Moving Slowly

The Translator