Sami Rasouli is an Iraqi-American. After the bombing of Iraq in 2003 he returned to Iraq and founded the Muslim Peacemaker Teams. His hope was to build reconciliation between his two countries. With his supervision many United States citizens visited Iraq and worked towards mutual understanding. In 2017 he created an NGO, the American Institute for English in his hometown of Najaf. It was to be another attempt to bridge peace.

But peace can be elusive. And while on a visit with his three children to his home in Minneapolis, this dream was shattered by a bomb. Gratefully no one was injured in the blast, but on September 18, 2020, the institute was completely destroyed. Two Iraqi security agencies and the FBI contacted Sami, interrogated him and then warned him not to go back to Iraq because he was a target.

Granted an extended stay, Sami and his three children, all United States citizens, have been living in Minneapolis for the past two years while his wife, their mother has been living in Iraq with her older son.

Suad Jassim is their mother. Her paperwork and the paperwork of her son qualifies them to come to the United States and be reunited with her family. All she is waiting for and has been waiting for now is an interview, that and to hold her 8, 9 and 14 year old children once more.

Please sign and ask that the interviews be granted to unite this family once more. Thank you!