Basma Alawee

Basma Alawee is an Iraq-born, Florida-based activist on refugee issues.

She fled, with her family, from Baghdad to Jacksonville, Florida in 2010 after threats on their lives. In USA she co-founded WeaveTales and helped set up the Iraqi Family Organization.

She won an EVE Award in 2020.

Move to USA After her husband took a job with a US-run organization, their lives were threatened. In 2010, Alawee and her husband moved as refugees to Jacksonville, Florida under the Special Immigrant Visa.

Career While in Iraq, Alawee worked at the national Department of Oil. In 2019, and was a key part of the founding of the Iraqi Family Organization, an entity that helps Arabs teach each other. and invited others to organize support for refugees.

Family Alawee's husband is Ali Aljubouri, and they have two daughters, Dana, and Rodina.