Iraqi Boy to Have Surgery in SF
December 31, 2008 7:22 amSAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — A little boy from Iraq got a warm welcome in San Francisco, as he arrived for... View Article
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Noora’s Journey: Healing Begins, Waiting Nears an End
December 29, 2008 1:17 amIn the days before doctors were scheduled to repair her shattered skull earlier this month, Noora Afif Abdulhameed occasionally talked... View Article
Mustafa Returns Home After Treatment in Portland
December 19, 2008 11:18 pmKBOO Evening News _594 Mustafa Abed, a boy from Fallujah, returned to Iraq today after a tearful goodbye at the... View Article
Iraqi Girl Prepares For Another Surgery In Maine
December 17, 2008 5:08 amJust hours before Noora Afif Abdulhameed’s surgery to repair her damaged skull, her father speaks soothingly to her in Arabic.... View Article
Crowning Touch for Noora
December 14, 2008 5:13 amFive months after arriving in Portland from Iraq, 7-year-old Noora Afif Abdulhameed had surgery at Maine Medical Center on Friday... View Article
Injured Iraqi boy gets new leg after all
November 16, 2008 8:20 amPORTLAND, Ore. – Some two weeks ago, an injured Iraqi boy who came to Portland for a new prosthetic leg... View Article
Iraqi boy can’t get new prosthetic leg
November 3, 2008 7:58 amPORTLAND, Ore. – The Iraqi boy who came to Portland for a new leg won’t be getting one after all.... View Article
A Wounded Girl’s Painful Road Back After Being Shot By An American Sniper
September 15, 2008 9:48 pmNoora Afif Abdulhameed sits quietly next to her papa in a waiting room at Maine Medical Center, waiting to be... View Article
Doctors Hope to Give a Better Life to Iraqi Boy Severely Injured in US Airstrike
September 11, 2008 9:53 pmPORTLAND, Ore. – A 6-year-old Iraqi boy who lost part of his leg to a U.S. missile arrived in Portland... View Article
Iraqi child a Portland ‘ambassador of peace’
September 9, 2008 9:46 pmOregonianWell-wishers turn out Tuesday at Portland International Airport to welcome Mustafa Abed, 5, and his father, Ahmed Mohammed (in tan... View Article