It was published in 2008 when Iraq was fully under the U.S control. It reflects the courage and zeal of Salma Awan for travelling to a place where you are at the mercy of bullets and blasts. Her portrayal of old Baghdad, its historical background, its sacred mausoleums and then of her visits to Karbala, Kufa, Najaf-e- Ashraf and Mesopotamia, the reader feels him/herself travelling to these sacred destinations.