I believed in myself, and I've always worked very, very hard as an artist, and I am an artist in every sense of the word.
The election in Iraq clearly demonstrates that Iraqi people are like people everywhere. They desire to create a future in an environment that is safe and allows them to reach their full potential as human beings, whatever that potential may be.
In the end of five years I made supplication to the king to go out of this land, desiring to see my poor wife and children according to conscience and nature.

