1001 Nights in Iraq

Shant Kenderian''s visit to Baghdad in 1980, at age seventeen, was supposed to be a short one -- just enough time to make peace with his estranged father before returning to his home in the United States. But then Saddam Hussein invaded Iran and sealed off Iraq''s borders to every man of military age -- including Shant. Suddenly forced onto the front lines, his two-week visit turned into a nightma...