RIP - Cairo, 15 March 2015
After a long struggle with illness Doreya decided late January to leave France where she was undergoing treatment. She wanted to spend her remaining days surrounded by family and friends in her country of birth, Egypt.
She will be sorely missed by all who knew her whether in Paris or Cairo. She will be especially missed by the Kurdish people whom she loved so much. Doreya died comforted with the thought her dream of an independent Kurdish nation was finally within reach.
open house @ Doreya Awni where all Kurds are welcome
Michael Howard (award-winning journalist and consultant specialising in Kurdistan) whom Doreya helped reunite with his Kurdish family in 1999 seen here with colleague Samir Raafat (right)