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At 22-years-old, Joanna left her college in Copenhagen, Denmark to join the People’s Protection Unit (YPG) and later the Peshmerga (Kurdish for “one who stands in front of death”) to fight ISIL in Syria.Palani has it in her blood to battle these menacing forces, she is the daughter and grand-daughter of Peshmerga fighters. Joanna is a Perisan Kurd who was born in a United Nations refugee camp in Ramadi, Iraq in 1993, after her family was forced to flee their home during the War. Her family moved to Copenhagen when she was a toddler.
