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Barbara Marlowe is the Marketing and Public Relations Director for the law firm of Dworken & Bernstein Co, LPA, in northeast Ohio. She has served on several boards for nonprofits and is currently a member of University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Leadership Council, Dogs Unlimited Rescue, as well as President of the Iraqi Children’s Foundation based in Washington DC. She hopes to return to her favorite sport of golf one day very soon. Barbara and her husband, Tim, live in an eastern suburb of Cleveland along with Teeba and their dog Becca.
Teeba Furat Marlowe is a junior in high school. She is dedicated to her studies and focused on her future in medicine , one option being a pediatric anesthesiologist. Teeba also volunteers at Rainbow Babies & Children Hospital on the Pediatric Hematology and Oncology floor. She hopes to one day volunteer with Doctors without Borders. Teeba is an accomplished dancer in various styles of dance and has a talent for creating and editing videos. She is also a gifted public speaker and skilled speech writer. Teeba serves as Honorary Youth Ambassador for the Iraqi Children’s Foundation. She does an amazing job of balancing two mothers and two fathers.
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A BRAVE FACE: TWO CULTURES, TWO FAMILIES, AND THE IRAQI GIRL WHO BOUND THEM TOGETHER (2019): The inspirational story of a woman who moved mountains to provide medical care for an Iraqi girl badly burned during a roadside attack, Barbara Marlowe’s determination to fight for her future daughter highlights the way love can reach across both cultures and continents.
Barbara Marlowe was in her fifties when she saw the photo that changed her life. It was a photo of four-year-old Teeba Furat Fadhil, whose face, head, and hands had been severely burned during a roadside bombing in the Diyala Province of Iraq when she was just nineteen months old. It was Teeba’s eyes that captivated Barbara. They were wide, dark, and soulful. They seemed to cry out with a message across continents: Help me. The story of Barbara responding to that call is as inspiring as it is improbable. With a powerful faith and determination, Barbara overcame obstacle after obstacle to bring Teeba to the United States for medical treatments—and to ultimately offer a home. A Brave Face includes material written by Teeba and her Iraqi mother, Dunia, at key moments in their stories. The book also explores the connection forged between Barbara and Dunia over the past decade—a connection that has survived the strife of war and the horrors of Al-Qaeda and ISIS.
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