Sri Sri Ravishankar founder of the Art of Living Foundation with Iraqi PMClick to view attachmentMay 23, 2007
Spiritual leader and founder of the Art of Living Foundation, His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar,
who is on a 3-day visit to Iraq , met Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki in Baghdad soon after
his arrival in the strife-torn capital city on Tuesday.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, who has undertaken this visit at the invitation of Maliki, is expected to
meet with several leaders from the Sunni, Shia and Kurdish parties.
At his meeting with Maliki, Sri Sri, the first Indian spiritual leader to visit Iraq , urged the
Iraqi prime minister to start Art of Living prison reform programmes in his country in an effort
to end the strife.
An AOL press release said their volunteers have been working in Iraq since 2003 to help the
Iraqi people overcome their suffering by conducting trauma relief courses and offering
medicines, food and clothing.