EXCLUSIVE: Dr. Amani Ballour, the courageous subject of the Oscar-nominated documentary The Cave, has been granted a visa to enter the United States in time for the Academy Awards, Deadline has lea…
to come back to the U.S. under Trump administration policy banning citizens of several predominantly Muslim countries, including Syria, from entering the country. As Deadline reported Sunday, Fayyad finally got his visa “after weeks of turmoil and struggle and obstacles no one should have to endure,” as National Geographic Documentary Films phrased it in a statement.
“The Turkish government first had to give her permission to leave and return,” Albert explained, adding that a breakthrough came earlier this month when Dr. Amani was awarded the prestigious Raoul Wallenberg Prize for her humanitarian work. Turkey allowed the physician to go to France to accept the prize. NatGeo then redoubled its efforts to get a U.S. visa for Amani, working in concert with the Syrian American Medical Society .
“That is her real mission and her real desire,” Albert said. “[She wants] to get this fund up and running so she can support others who are in the position she was in.”
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