| June 2009 The dark cells of Suddam Husseins female prisons, no longer hold women awaiting execution. Today they are crammed with homeless families displaced by years of violence. Is life really getting better in Iraq? That was the execution room, we fixed it up and live in it tells one man. He walks into the courtyard where messages from those executed remain written on the walls. You may read my prayer, weep for my youth. Yet one of these writers has survived. She now lives with her family but cant forget the executions. They would come, call her name and we would kiss her goodbye. Determined to rebuild herself, the woman is currently completing a degree in political science. Meanwhile, a meeting for widows proves another example of hope for Iraq. The government is trying to help these women by giving them a small pension. But sadly with more than 80000 widows in Baghdad, the numbers are overwhelming. One widow struggling to support 6 children simply says I rely on Gods mercy. Produced by SBS, distributed by Journeyman Pictures |
