Giving Hope to Youth: Catholic University in Iraq Celebrates 10 Years

Catholic University in Erbil: Ten years of bringing hope and fostering coexistence in Iraq

Yohana Al-Zebbaree was a pre-teen boy living in the northern Iraqi city of Duhok in 2014, when jihadists from the Islamic State (ISIS) overran Mosul and began expanding their control over large parts of northern Iraq. “I remember the night ISIS got close to the northern cities, like Erbil and Duhok. Everyone was watching the […] The post Catholic University in Erbil: Ten years of bringing hope and fostering coexistence in Iraq appeared first on …

Giving Hope to Youth: Catholic University in Iraq Celebrates 10 Years

In the summer of 2014, Yohana Al-Zebbaree was a 12-year-old boy when his world turned upside down. From his home in Duhok, a city in northern Iraq, he recalls the whispers spreading across neighborhoods: ISIS was moving closer. “There was this huge scare,” said Al-Zebbaree, a Chaldean Catholic who is now 23. “I remember the night when they said ISIS got close to the northern cities, like Erbil and Duhok. Everyone was watching the news, and we go…