Zainab Salbi

Iraqi-American humanitarian revolutionizing women's crisis response

Zainab Salbi transformed wartime victimhood into empowerment through Women for Women International, aiding 500,000+ conflict survivors across 8 war zones. Her Market Mondays initiative created $42M in economic opportunities for Bosnian and Rwandan women.

Salbi's memoir Between Two Worlds exposed Saddam Hussein's atrocities through her unique perspective as his daughter's friend. The Arabic podcast 'The Zainab Salbi Project' became MENA's #1 feminist show, tackling taboo topics like honor killings.

She designed the first mobile-based trauma therapy for Syrian refugees, combining AI with traditional storytelling techniques. Google's 2023 Impact Challenge adopted her VR therapy models for global deployment.