Adeeba Isaac Moosa

It is with great sadness that we announce the departing of our beloved Adeeba Isaac Moosa, age 96, on September 13, 2022, at the Weill Cornell Hospital in New York City, NY. Adeeba was born May 13, 1926, in Mosul, Iraq, daughter to Isaac and Dola Moosa and one of nine siblings. She is the last of her siblings to depart. At the insistence of her father who was a determined and progressive man for his day wishing all his daughters to be educated, as a young woman Adeeba studied at the Seventh Day Adventist College in Beirut, now called Middle East University. She later became employed by the Port Authority in Basra, and later worked for the US Mission and Embassy in Baghdad, where she would start her career with the UN in 1954. When her brother and his family emigrated to the New Jersey in 1960 to avoid the political unrest in Iraq, Adeeba followed and transferred to the UN New York location to help support her extended family and begin her own career in the US. She remained with the UN in various roles as a national of Iraq until her retirement in the late 1980’s. Adeeba had a long career with UNICEF. She served in the Division of Human Resources in New York for many years as Personnel Officer. In addition, she undertook assignments to several UNICEF field offices, including Iraq, which enabled her to deliver supplies to her family in Iraq who were lacking hard-to-come-by necessities. Adeeba remained single and independent all her life but was never alone. She was a fierce protector and provider for her extended family, and always host to many family, friends and visitors. She showed extraordinary hospitality in her Manhattan dwelling, offering lodging and welcome to those who needed it, sometimes for years at a stretch. She will always be remembered as a woman of independence and legendary style, a consummate cook and seamstress, all of which could only be matched by her strength of conviction and unwavering devotion to her Christian faith. She was the model of a modern, independent, successful woman, who never forgot her roots or staying true to herself, and always made room, quite literally, for those she cherished in her life. Church services will be held in her honor at St. Mark’s Syrian Orthodox Cathedral in Paramus, NJ on Friday, September 23rd @ 10:00am

Adeeba Isaac Moosa

May 13, 1926 - September 13, 2022