Writing Worth Reading
Writing Worth Reading
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This book is trying to prove that the area which forms some of modern Iraq today was the actual paradise of Eden. I find that a very interesting theory. (NB Not available via Amazon.)
Your next book, The Garden of Eden and Its Restoration, has some very interesting theories.
Yes, the author, Sir William Wilcocks, spent three years in Iraq travelling down the main rivers there. His book tries to prove that the biblical Eden was in this area. His theory hinges on information he got from the Old Testament, which according to him stated that the four rivers led to this paradise. I find this a very interesting theory – I like it. He also tried to follow the journey of Abraham. And he tried to show that Moses was in Babylon. So he is trying to say that this area, which forms some of modern Iraq today, was the actual paradise of Eden.
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Nabeel Yasin is one of Iraq’s most famous poets. His poems had him branded an enemy of the state under Saddam Hussein. He left Iraq for England 30 years ago with his wife and young son and continued to write and publish poetry from exile. Now he’s returned to his country and ran for prime minister in this month’s elections. ‘In our legacy here in Iraq we have some ideas about the conscience and duty of the state,’ he says. ‘Which should be to give happiness to the citizens, as numerous religious leaders have told us. For me there can be no kind of enlightenment without civil society.’
