She’s new to the blogosphere, but we’re fortunate enough at You Served to give Dr. Diane Hassan a shot as she brings a unique perspective of Iraq from an American’s point of view – she lived in Baghdad for 17 years.
Married to Dr. Hashim Hassan, a native Iraqi, Hassan grew up in Dothan, Alabama before years later becoming the first American to graduate from the University of Baghdad’s College of Medicine.
Hassan wrote a book, “Angels Among Us Even in Iraq” that details her time in Iraq and illustrates that “people are the same all over the world; we just speak a different language.”
Hassan lived through the Iraq-Iran War and the first Desert Storm War. It was finally in 1993 when her family opted to move back to the United States, a move that almost cost her husband his life after Saddam Hussein tried to have him killed. Hassan speaks to that example of angels watching over her family.
Hassan has in important message for readers of her first-time blog – the importance of freedom.
“Freedom isn’t free,” she said, “people take things for granted and need to realize we have continue to fight for our freedom.”
