‘Nabeel's Song evokes the lost world of Iraq before Saddam, as well as the terrors that ensued.  This beautifully-written book reminds us that poetry is stronger than tyranny.’ Costa Book Awards 2006 Judges'comment ‘Nabeel’s Song not only discloses the story of Baghdad’s renowned poet and his art, but recounts a captivating history of one ordinary, middle-class Baghdad family battling barbarous times. What emerges is a resilient family’s unconditional love for one another.’ Fiona Atherton, Scotland on Sunday Tatchell’s first person narrative engages in a way that is hard to achieve in conventional biography. In this unusual and rewarding book, a harrowing picture is drawn of the daily challenges faced by an ordinary Iraqi family. Joby Williams, The Sunday Times (UK) ‘Such an extraordinary story deserves an extraordinary writer and thankfully it has Jo Tatchell. She puts you perfectly in the place, and her pacey, page-turner narrative would shame most thriller writers. A staggering, unmissable achievement.’ John Harding, The Daily Mail (UK)
 
‘A moving personal tale of family life and love torn apart by persecution and destruction under a crude regime.’ Rosie Blau, The Financial Times (UK) Tatchell's approach respects the poet's calling: to distill the facts of history into blazing moments of pain, longing and love. The Independent ‘Jo Tatchell’s moving narrative, from Nabeel’s mouth, tells of endurance, literary resistance and the courage of a loving, close-knit family oppressed by tyranny and war. Behind the deadly statistics and political rhetoric, voices such as his inspire us to pity and pride.’ Iain Finlayson, The Times
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Gripping...an intimate, illuminating, deeply human chronicle of a country and a culture devastated by political repression and war.
 
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Sabria Yasin and her grandson Yamam 1979