PRIDE OF BHAGDAD…

PRIDE OF BHAGDAD……

AUTHOR….BRIAN VAUGHAN

ARTIST…..NIKO HENRICHON

THIS STORY IS BASED ON A TRUE INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED DURING AMERICAN INVASION OF IRAQ  IN 2003…..

WHEN AN AIR RAID WAS MADE THE BOMBING CAUSED  A FAMILY OF LIONS ESCAPE FROM BHAGDAD ZOO.

ZILL…..THE MALE LEADER

NOOR…ZILL’S MATE

ALI….THEIR’S LITTLE CUB

SAFA……AN AGING LIONESS

THEY WANDERED INTO THE WAR TORN CITY OF BHAGDAD AND AFTER MANY 

EVENTS THAT ENTHRALLED US THEY WERE SHOT BY AMERICAN TROOPS AT THE END OF THE SAME DAY..

A TOUCHING STORY………..

THIS IS ONLY SUPERFICIAL STORYLINE……

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ON DEEPER SUBTEXT  IT ADDRESSES THE NATURE AND COST OF FREEDOM……

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NIKO’S ARTWORK IS BEAUTIFUL…….

THE LIONS’ DIALOGUES ARE ANTHROPOMORPHIC AND A JARRING NOTE IS FELT THERE….

A SEA TURTLE IS COMING  OUT OF TIGRIS RIVER..AN ERROR….????

THERE ARE MANY SYMBOLISMS IN THIS STORY…SADAM HUSSEIN  AS FAJER THE GREAT BEAR for eg…..

I LIKE NOOR’S STATEMENT….FREEDOM CAN’T BE GIVEN;ONLY EARNED……

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ALTOGETHER  A VERY GOOD READ……..