She became noted for traveling to war zones, such as Sudan's Darfur region during the Darfur conflict, the Syrian-Iraqi border during the Second Gulf War, where she met privately with U.S. troops and other multi-national forces, and the Afghan capital Kabul during the war in Afghanistan, where three aid workers were murdered in the midst of her first visit.
她也因前往战区而受到关注，例如在达尔富尔冲突期间前往苏丹的达尔富尔地区，在第二次海湾战争期间前往叙利亚-伊拉克边境，在那里她与美军和其它多国部队进行了私下会晤，在阿富汗战争期间前往阿富汗首都喀布尔，在她第一次访问期间有三名援助人员被杀。