Ghazwan Alsharif: From Baghdad to the Bay

From Nine To Noon, 10:07 am on 5 February 2019
Ghazwan Alsharif

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The true story of how a former Iraqi translator for the US, accused of being a double agent, managed to forge a new identity as an openly gay man in San Francisco.

During the Iraq War, Ghazwan Alsharif was one of thousands of Iraqis who helped the U.S. military, yet he was accused of being a double agent. While he was eventually cleared, he was tortured for 75 days before that happened.

Ghazwan tells his story to Kathryn Ryan