The time has finally come…a celebration a decade in the making. I am so excited to invite you, your family, and your friends to join me and the Global Hope team in Kurdistan for the long-awaited Freedom Center Grand Opening. This will not be just any old ribbon-cutting ceremony, but rather one for the history books. Over three days, hundreds will gather from around the world to celebrate a journey that tells a story of hope and freedom, despite the most impossible odds. Freedom Center will open its doors anew to a world of possibility and opportunity, and declare for the people of Kurdistan that the best is yet to come!

You have been a part of this incredible journey, and I hope you will join us for this authentic and once-in-a-lifetime experience in Kurdistan. My team and I are here and ready to help make that possible.

Download ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW to find important information and answers to many of your questions, then click REGISTER YOUR TRIP to let us know you are coming.

I cannot wait to see you in Kurdistan!

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW

“If you will come here, we will give you land, you can work here tax-free, and we will help you do whatever work you like.”

— provincial governor of kurdistan regarding the freedom center

The steep climb TO freedom

The Story of the Freedom Center

At the onset of the post-Saddam era in Iraq, the quest for freedom resounded in the heart of every Iraqi. Iraq was working hard to establish a democratic, representative government that protected the basic rights and freedoms of its multiethnic, religiously diverse society. They knew decades of oppression and tyranny, and longed for self-determination and autonomy. They wanted peace. They needed hope.