Our supporters
Ashraf al-Khaled and Nadia Alami
Ashraf lost his father and Nadia lost her father and mother during a deadly suicide bombing attack at their wedding reception on 9th November 2005. Twenty-seven people died in the blast, which ripped through the Radisson SAS Hotel in Amman. Ashraf and Nadia both suffered minor injuries. Since the attack, they have spoken out as victims of terrorism in their home country and in the United States. They underscore how terrorist groups like al Qaeda continue to manipulate Islam to commit evil, and question the use of civilians as targets, asking what the aim of such attacks is
Ben Borgia
Ben lost his sister Abbey, 13, and mother Deborah, 45, in the Sari Club blast in Bali in 2002. Borgia, a Sydney actor, participated in the first symposium on victims of terrorism at UN headquarters in New York in September 2008, recounting that he had learnt to live with the fact those he loved most were gone, but the sense of loss remained. Ben is especially concerned with the pain and grief that terrorism causes children.
Chris Cramer
One of the most powerful Britons in global news-gathering, and credited as the man who built CNN into the worldwide powerhouse it is today, Cramer was one of the hostages at the Iranian Embassy siege in London in 1980, from which he suffered post-traumatic stress disorder. During his quarter of a century at the BBC, Cramer built up a reputation as a revolutionary in transforming the way that news was gathered and broadcast. In his five years as head of BBC newsgathering he introduced bi-media (radio and television) reporting and encouraged journalists and technicians to multi-skill.
Febby Firmansyah Isran
Survivor of 2003 JW Marriott bombing in Jakarta.
Dr. Habiba Rahim Shah (Pakistan)
Dr Habiba lost her maternal uncles (Khalu and Mamoo) and cousin in acts of terrorism in Pakistan. Her mother's brother lost his life during a blast in which her 28 year old cousin also died. She and her family are natives of Swat valley.
Gill Hicks MBE (UK/ Australia)
Severely and permanently injured in the London bombings of 7 July 2005 - losing both legs from below the knee - Gill is truly grateful to even be alive. Determined to make her life count and to use her experience to do all she can to deter anyone from following a path of violent action, she founded M.A.D. for Peace.
Henry Kessy
Henry Kessy, 44, is a Tanzanian budget analyst at the U.S. embassy in Dar es Salaam, who was badly wounded in the Aug. 7, 1998 suicide blast by Al Qaeda that killed 11 and wounded dozens.
Carie Lemack
Carie Lemack is the co-founder of the non-profit, non-partisan organization Families of September 11. She helped to create and then lead the organization after her mother, Judy Larocque was killed on American Airlines Flight 11 that terrorists crashed into the World Trade Center. Since then, Carie has remained focused on working with government, private sector and non-profit organizations to improve safety and security and to initiate and implement forward-thinking projects to prevent future acts.
Major (Ret.) Tahir Wadood Malik
Survivor whose wife was killed in the 2009 United Nation World Food Program bombing in Islamabad.
Agus Suaersih
Agus was severely wounded in the 2003 bombing of the JW Marriott in Jakarta where she worked from 2001 to 2005.