SPAWNING FROM THE GOLDEN ERA OF IRAQI ART AND CULTURE, FALIHA KADHIM’S WORK EMBODIES THE NOTIONS OF WAR, PERSECUTION AND OPPOSITION. STEMMING FROM HER OWN HISTORY AND LIFE IN IRAQ, FALIHA’S INITIAL CONCERNS SPRANG FROM THE SOCIAL INEQUALITIES PRESENT BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN. ALTHOUGH HER PERSONAL ENVIRONMENT AT HOME WAS LOVING AND EQUAL, THE CONCERN REGARDING THE INEQUALITIES FACED BY WOMEN BOTH SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CREATED A DEEP SENSITIVITY AND HIGHLIGHTED OTHER ISSUES OF CRUELTY AND SUFFERING.
