Monday, August 29, 2005
Iraqi RhetIraq: Dr. Raja Khuzai
Who: Dr. Raja Khuzai (a.k.a. Kuzai)
Sources: The White House & Gadsden Times
Quotes:
March 12, 2004 - President, Mrs. Bush Mark Progress in Global Women's Human Rights
PRES. BUSH: I want to thank my friend, Dr. Raja Khuzai, who's with us today. This is the third time we have met. The first time we met, she walked into the Oval Office -- let's see, was it the first time? It was the first time. The door opened up. She said, "My liberator," and burst out in tears -- (laughter) -- and so did I. (Applause.)
August 24, 2005 - Secular Iraqis Say New Charter May Curb Rights
"This is the future of the new Iraqi government - it will be in the hands of the clerics," said Dr. Raja Kuzai, a secular Shiite member of the Assembly. "I wanted Iraqi women to be free, to be able to talk freely and to able to move around."
"I am not going to stay here," said Dr. Kuzai, an obstetrician and women's leader who met President Bush in the White House in November 2003.
Sources: The White House & Gadsden Times
Quotes:
March 12, 2004 - President, Mrs. Bush Mark Progress in Global Women's Human Rights
PRES. BUSH: I want to thank my friend, Dr. Raja Khuzai, who's with us today. This is the third time we have met. The first time we met, she walked into the Oval Office -- let's see, was it the first time? It was the first time. The door opened up. She said, "My liberator," and burst out in tears -- (laughter) -- and so did I. (Applause.)
August 24, 2005 - Secular Iraqis Say New Charter May Curb Rights
"This is the future of the new Iraqi government - it will be in the hands of the clerics," said Dr. Raja Kuzai, a secular Shiite member of the Assembly. "I wanted Iraqi women to be free, to be able to talk freely and to able to move around."
"I am not going to stay here," said Dr. Kuzai, an obstetrician and women's leader who met President Bush in the White House in November 2003.
