Böcker av Mahir Salih

When Kalid turns his back on his English upbringing andhis family and joins IS to fight for his religious beliefs, willhe find the fulfillment he is searching for?Bereft at the loss of their only son, his parents, Hamidand Ayla follow Kalid to Iraq, intent on finding him andpersuading him to return to the safe environment of familylife in London. But how difficult will their task be?The heartbreaking story of a family split by war, culturaland religious beliefs.

The story depicts the clash of traditional values with western concept adapted by middle class Iraqi women from Baghdad in the 1980s under Sadam's era. Selma is middle class Baghdadi married woman . She has a feud with Loma who was in a relationship with Selmas brother in law. Selma learned a secret that Loma tried to keep it from everyone. She is married to a well to do man. He was appointed the Iraqi military attach in London UK. Lomas secret haunts her. Her best friend Madeha visit her in London to warn her about the smearing campaign Selma has started back in Baghdad. Madeha is a widow she met her University sweetheart who is dissident opposing the government. Unfortunately ,she discovers later that he wanted to use her to infiltrate in the Iraqi embassy. She was anti-Sadam, pro her lover, but loyal to her friend Loma. The result unpleasant confrontations between the two. the events ends with revenge, plight and an accurate description of the Iraqi daily life.