Dear Murtaza:

We have very similar view of bringing children into the world to suffer vs adopting. Connecting this to the title of your thread: it would be mercy to .. not bring children into this world.

It is 6:45 pm in Iraq, evening, the temperature is down to.. right under 40 Degrees Celsius. The temperature will go down further to its lowest at about 5 am, when it will be 26.6 degrees, and from then on, it will go up to 41 degrees tomorrow. Good thing that the humidity is low and that you have air-conditioning in every room.

In Southern Iraq, in Nasiriyah, the provincial capital of the Dhi Qar Governorate, Haidar Al-Fatlawi, a musician with a passion for electronics invented a solar-powered, long-range surveillance camera- it works  without electricity or the internet (today’s Shafaq News)

In Northern Iraq, in Kurdistan, 458 new Covid-19 cases and 6 new Covid-19 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours, while 537 people who were infected, fully recovered, the Ministry of Health said today.

I am listening right now to “Hatem El-Iraqi- Ya Teir” music, I like it very much, pleasant to hear it as I sit comfortably, my back against soft pillows, lights are dim and I am looking outside the window at the green trees and pleasant sun. I imagine that you don’t like this  music but I like hearing it, hearing the language you speak and hear every day.

Looking at random news stories and listening to this music makes me think that Murtaza really does exist in a place that really exists.. far away and yet, close. I will be submitting this and continue to listen to this music, still like it.

anita