In the land of the two rivers, a paradise of Eden

The author narrates in this book details of the British campaign during World War I on southern Iraq from his point of view as an officer in the British medical corps, as he presents in a smooth, beautiful, and touching literary style details of his daily life while building the field hospital in southern Iraq, his daily work, and his follow-up on the medical cases. He analyzes in the chapters of the book with great depth and amazement the suffering of the soldiers from the heat, scorching sun, and illness, with deep analyses of the reality of life experienced at that time and various references to the conditions of the local population and the state of poverty and hardship they suffer from, which forced some of them to acts of theft and looting. The book is also enhanced with a beautiful collection of drawings, which the author himself completed. The book represents an enjoyable journey to learn about the conditions of the country and its people during that dark period in the modern history of Iraq.