Babylon’S Shadow

Book excerpt: This is a second Testified for the death of Iraq, accordance with the prophecies. In 1981, the war between Iran and Iraq broke out, lasting eight years. It was an animalism war. After the end of the Iran-Iraq war, a second war directly broke out when Saddam Hussein conquered Kuwait in 1991. As Saddam Hussein lost the war, this caused the imposition of the economic blockade. The siege was too harsh and bitterly, which stretched for years. Society began to collapse, turning Iraq into a failed state. This novel is about the life of a writer who suffered repression during the period between the end of the Iran-Iraq war and the Gulf war in 1991, with the siege as well as the barbarism of Saddam Hussein and his regime. FROM THE EDITOR Babylons Shadow is an interesting novel. The books setting is exotic, which will interest readers who are unfamiliar with the culture the author writes about. The story is intriguing, and it provides an insight into the conflict in the Middle East.