An Iraqi poet seeks to heal her homeland

Iraqi-born poet Amal al-Jubouri may not have the Hollywood recognition of Angelina Jolie, but both women are artists who have decided to use their talents and profile to help victims of war.

When al-Jubouri, one of foremost poets writing in Arabic, met Jolie this year, she urged the actress and UN humanitarian envoy to go with her and see the worsening hardships in her homeland. Jolie has already visited Iraq in previous years.

"I said: 'Iraq is burning, Angelina.' She told me she would love to go to Iraq," al-Jubouri says of her meeting with Jolie, a special envoy for the refugee agency UNHCR.