Son of Babylon

Review by Dina Al Bayati

The Short 

Ahmed follows his grandmother on a journey across Iraq to find Ahmed's father, who never returned from war.

The Long 

Immediately following the fall of Saddam Hussien in 2003, news circulated of prisoners of war who had been found alive in the South of Iraq. Ahmed, the 12-year-old boy, follows his grandmother through Iraq as they search for Ahmed's father, who had been missing since the Gulf war in 1991. They journey from the mountains of Kurdistan to the sands of Babylon as Ahmed struggles to understand his grandmother's search, walking through the steps to find his father he had never known.

To watch or not to watch? 

Watch! A common story in every Iraqi household who lived through the ongoing wars. This moving story presents an in-depth insight into this part of the world, the people, their trials, and life.