In today's conversation, Baba shares his backstory, including what it was like growing up in Iraq and how he met my mother while working in a hospital. Over the course of the episode, he shares shares how the demise of safety and security in Iraq forced him to rethink his place in the country - setting us up to learn more in the next episode about why and how he ultimately left. Also, it's his birthday today, so everyone wish him a happy birthday!

Join me on a journey in discovering and documenting our histories. I’ll begin with my own family’s story before I ask other migrants (a broad category I envision to include immigrants, refugees, and people still on the move) to join me in discovering parts of their lost histories so that, together, we can discover one of the most important stories – the stories of ourselves.