Greg Peppin is a Shining Example of Humanity #AtoZChallenge

In 1996, young Awaz Barwari was on Saddam Hussein's hit list for 'the crime of being Kurdish', an ethnic group targeted for genocide. The U.S. offered to help her out of the country. But when she reached the border, there was an unforeseen complication. Her baby - 36 days old - was not on the list and would not be allowed to leave Iraq. She could leave her baby in Iraq or else stay back and face certain death.

Awaz Barwari seemed destined for death, unwilling to give up her newborn until a str...