Article: “Officially… “Taif Sami” is on the US terrorism watch list” Quote: “The U.S. State Department announced on Friday evening that it had cancelled the visa of Iraqi citizen Taif Sami Mohammed Al-Shakarji…Taif Sami was awarded the International Women of Courage Award in 2022 by former US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and former First Lady Jill Biden…The award is described as being given to ‘women from around the world who have shown exceptional courage, strength and leadership in advocating for peace, justice, human rights, gender equality and parity, and the empowerment of women and girls, in all their diversity’…Taif Sami served as Minister of Finance in the government of Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani between 2022 and 2026, and before that she managed the Budget Department and the Ministry’s Agency.” Clare
