So that our memory does not die.
Abbas Al-Anbouri
I was barely thirteen years old when the so-called "Knight of the Arab Nation" decided to invade one of his sister nations after having annihilated tens of thousands of his people in a senseless war that lasted eight years. That day, the pliers of "orphanhood and siege" gripped my neck—within a period of no more than three months—as the harshest thing that could befall a human being of that age.
Dozens of events followed after August 2, 1990. But experiencing the stifling economic blockade with all its details and complexities remains one of the harshest things I have ever experienced and the memory of most Iraqis who lived through the conditions of the blockade and were burned by its flames in the 1990s. The fleeting events in an individual's life
Despite its impact on shaping the human personality and shaping the general characteristics of society, overcoming its negative effects remains within the realm of possibility. As for the general challenges facing society as a whole, they cannot be overcome without a careful analytical deconstruction to interpret events, understand their effects, and the resulting consequences that must be taken into consideration by decision-makers and public policymakers.