Iraqi peace worker killed in Baghdad

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HARRISONBURG, Va.—An Iraqi-Muslim advocate for peace and reconciliation who received support from Christian organizations for his work in trauma-healing has been killed.
Alharith Abdulhameed Hassan, 56-year-old professor of psychiatry at the University of Baghdad, was shot while traveling to work on Dec. 6, 2006, according to an email sent last month by his bereaved widow, Maysa Hussam Jaber, to friends at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU).

Both Alharith and Maysa attended trainings under EMU’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding in Harrisonburg in the summer of 2004. They were selected and sponsored by Mennonite Central Committee, with additional support from Church World Service.

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