It seems as if Mandy Moore’s movies have made it to the Middle East. At the Newseum on Monday night, Iraqi activist and humanitarian Mousa Mosawy was pushed onto the stage in his wheelchair to join the singer/actress for a discussion about his work with Iraqi youth. “Thanks, by the way,” he said in response to her introduction. “This is a stroll to remember.”
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Moore just returned from a trip in Cameroon, where she helped lead an effort to distribute mosquito nets, and lent her star power to the Newseum event The Power of 1%, a discussion about the importance of foreign aid (which makes up only 1 percent of the federal budget). She hosted the talk with Ronan Farrow, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s special adviser on global youth issues. “The power I can use and add to this equation is to inform people and raise awareness,” Moore said. “This side of my job is now just as important as the other side of my job.”
