Contemporary plays from Iraq / edited and translated by A. Al-Azraki and James Al-Shamma ; with an introduction by the editors and a foreword by Marvin Carlson.
The takeover / by Hoshang Waziri -- A cradle / by Abdul-Kareem Al-Ameri -- Ishtar in Baghdad / by Rasha Fadhil -- Summer rain / by Abdel-Nabi Al-Zaidi -- Romeo and Juliet in Baghdad / by Monadhil Daoud Albayati -- Me, torture, and your love / by Awatif Naeem -- A strange bird on our roof / by Abdul Razaq Al-Rubai -- Cartoon dreams / by Kareem Sheghaidil -- The widow / by A. Al-Azraki.