{"id":4254,"date":"2021-07-02T03:57:40","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T03:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/?page_id=4254"},"modified":"2022-02-20T09:27:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-20T09:27:41","slug":"books-iraq","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/index.php\/books-iraq\/","title":{"rendered":"Books &#8211; Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>So much wrong fills the world we today inhabit, so great is the mass of injustice and brutality, that for the survival of our sanity, we must corrode, at least in part, our capacity for empathy. For if we were to truly mourn for every death, for every massacre, from Iraq to Nicaragua, and from Papua New Guinea to Nigeria, we would grow mad with grief. And yet I cannot but feel there is a madness in not grieving. &#8211; Bishop Saad Sirop Hanna, <em>Abducted in Iraq: A Priest in Baghdad<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>See also books on the <a href=\"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/index.php\/books-middle-east\/\">Middle East<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/index.php\/books\/\">Return to general books page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/openlibrary.org\/books\/OL26376145M\/Abducted_in_Iraq?mode=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2851\" src=\"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2017-09-30-Abducted-in-Iraq-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"2017-09-30 Abducted in Iraq\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2017-09-30-Abducted-in-Iraq-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2017-09-30-Abducted-in-Iraq.jpg 334w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abducted in Iraq: A Priest in Baghdad<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by Saad Sirop Hanna and Edward S. Aris &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/openlibrary.org\/books\/OL26376145M\/Abducted_in_Iraq?mode=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">To read the Open Library entry for this book click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/openlibrary.org\/books\/OL26474392M\/Doves_in_Crimson_Fields?mode=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3201\" src=\"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2017-05-02-Doves-in-Crimson-Fields-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2017-05-02-Doves-in-Crimson-Fields-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2017-05-02-Doves-in-Crimson-Fields-768x1187.jpg 768w, https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2017-05-02-Doves-in-Crimson-Fields-663x1024.jpg 663w, https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2017-05-02-Doves-in-Crimson-Fields.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Doves in Crimson Fields: Iraqi Christian Martyrs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by Robert Ewan \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/openlibrary.org\/books\/OL26474392M\/Doves_in_Crimson_Fields?mode=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">To read the Open Library entry for this book click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/openlibrary.org\/books\/OL25944111M\/My_Journey_So_Far?mode=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1142\" src=\"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/My-Journey-So-Far.jpg\" alt=\"My Journey So Far\" width=\"100\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/My-Journey-So-Far.jpg 230w, https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/My-Journey-So-Far-186x300.jpg 186w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/My-Journey-So-Far.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>My Journey So Far<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by Andrew White &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/openlibrary.org\/books\/OL25944111M\/My_Journey_So_Far?mode=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">To read the Open Library entry for this <strong>e-book<\/strong> click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/openlibrary.org\/books\/OL25944208M\/Father_Forgive?mode=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1988\" src=\"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2013-05-Father-Forgive.png\" alt=\"2013-05-father-forgive\" width=\"100\" height=\"155\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>F<\/strong><strong>ather, Forgive<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by Andrew White &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/openlibrary.org\/books\/OL25944208M\/Father_Forgive?mode=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">To read the Open Library entry for this book click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/openlibrary.org\/books\/OL26406047M\/The_Price_to_Pay?mode=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2968\" src=\"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2012-10-The-Price-to-Pay-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"2012-10 The Price to Pay\" width=\"100\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2012-10-The-Price-to-Pay-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2012-10-The-Price-to-Pay.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Price to Pay: A Muslim Risks All to Follow Christ<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by Joseph Fadelle \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/openlibrary.org\/books\/OL26406047M\/The_Price_to_Pay?mode=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">To read the Open Library entry for this book click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/openlibrary.org\/books\/OL25944153M\/Faith_Under_Fire?mode=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1977\" src=\"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2011-05-Faith-Under-Fire.png\" alt=\"2011-05-faith-under-fire\" width=\"100\" height=\"155\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Faith Under Fire: What the Middle East Conflict Has Taught Me About God<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by Andrew White &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/openlibrary.org\/books\/OL25944153M\/Faith_Under_Fire?mode=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">To read the Open Library entry for this <strong>e-book<\/strong> click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/openlibrary.org\/books\/OL26196891M\/Suffer_the_Children?mode=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2000\" src=\"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2010-05-Suffer-the-Children-191x300.jpg\" alt=\"2010-05-suffer-the-children\" width=\"100\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2010-05-Suffer-the-Children-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2010-05-Suffer-the-Children.jpg 306w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Suffer the Children: Dispatches to and from the Front Line<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by Andrew White &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/openlibrary.org\/books\/OL26196891M\/Suffer_the_Children?mode=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">To read the Open Library entry for this <strong>e-book<\/strong> click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/openlibrary.org\/books\/OL25944152M\/The_Vicar_of_Baghdad?mode=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1975\" src=\"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2009-03-The-Vicar-of-Bagdad.png\" alt=\"2009-03-the-vicar-of-bagdad\" width=\"100\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Vicar of Baghdad<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by Andrew White &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/openlibrary.org\/books\/OL25944152M\/The_Vicar_of_Baghdad?mode=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">To read the Open Library entry for this <strong>e-book<\/strong> click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/openlibrary.org\/books\/OL26401812M\/Iraq?mode=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2003\" src=\"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2007-05-Iraq-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"2007-05-iraq\" width=\"100\" height=\"156\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Iraq: Searching for Hope<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by Andrew White &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/openlibrary.org\/books\/OL26401812M\/Iraq?mode=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">To read the Open Library entry for this book click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/openlibrary.org\/books\/OL3400393M\/Facing_Terror?mode=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1146\" src=\"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2005-08-Facing-Terror.jpg\" alt=\"2005-08 Facing Terror\" width=\"100\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2005-08-Facing-Terror.jpg 329w, https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2005-08-Facing-Terror-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Facing Terror: The true story of how an American couple paid the ultimate price for their love of the Muslim people<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By Carrie McDonnall with Kristin Billerbeck &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/openlibrary.org\/books\/OL3400393M\/Facing_Terror?mode=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">To read the Open Library entry for this <strong>e-book<\/strong> click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So much wrong fills the world we today inhabit, so great is the mass of injustice and brutality, that for the survival of our sanity, we must corrode, at least in part, our capacity for empathy. 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