Fareed Lafta, the Iraqi Superman

August 19th, 2010 by Luke

From niqash.org: “Too often, Iraq is well known for the wrong reasons. If there were Guinness World Records for conflict, it would sadly be well represented. But Fareed Lafta is trying to change that. This young Iraqi grew up in Baghdad has devoted his life to skydiving, astronomy and record-breaking achievements, with the aim of spreading a message of peace, and inspiring his fellow Iraqis to see beyond war…”