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Wise men say...

More of our campaigners have their first meetings with their mentors coming up, all of whom make Confucius look about as wise as a scone. Aimee’s buddied up with Mark Farmaner, director of the Burma Campaign; Manpreet’s chewing the fat with David Bowles of the RSPCA; and Big Issue founder John Bird is laying wisdom eggs for Alexander Rose.

And I’ve been getting busy trying to find out a little bit more about some of our lovely campaigners. This week my beady eye fell on Zuhal, all the way over in Baghdad. 

Zuhal is a bit different to the other campaigners: she’s the only Battlefront campaigner who isn’t based in the UK; and she is the only person I know who lives in Baghdad. That’s right. Baghdad, as in, Baghdad, Iraq. You might have heard of it… something about a war. 

I caught up with her this week to find out a bit more about her life and her campaign: Music For A Change. The results from the interview were pretty startling. When Zuhal’s school got looted and bombed, she and the other students took on the role of teacher to keep one another in an education. But in spite of these dramatic differences between UK and Iraqi life, I found out that Zuhal loves Seinfeld, Amelie, and The Killers. So she’s just like the rest of us (apart from the bit about The Killers).

I’ve posted Zuhal’s interview in a separate blog. Ask her questions and follow her campaign here. She’s waiting to hear what you think. 

Big love,

Amber x