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BA journey into a Kurdish garden - author Rauf Naqishbendi signs books at Florey's
American Chronicle, April 24, 2009 by Jean Bartlett
On the morning of March 17, 1988, Rauf Naqishbendi picked up a cup of coffee and a San Francisco Chronicle as he headed into his office.
The morning's headline took direct aim at his heart.
Saddam Hussein had unleashed a chemical attack on the city of Halabja, Kurdistan and just like that, 5,000 beautiful lives, gone.
Rauf is from Halabja and at the time of the attack, the majority of his family lived there.
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