Mahmoud, who said she is a case manager for ICNA Relief, is featured in Deborah Campbell’s 2016 book, “A Disappearance in Damascus: A Story of Friendship and Survival in the Shadow of War.”
She is also the recipient of the 2011 woman of the Year Award from Evanston’s YWCA and the 2009 Muslim Women Alliance Inspiring Women award.
Now also a spokesperson for a new nonprofit, Building Peaceful Bridges, Mahmoud will sell and sign copies of Campbell’s book at the May 22 event, which will be presented at St. Ambrose Church in Crest Hill