IslamOnline will host a live dialogue session with two Iraqi citizens—a former Iraqi Army officer and an Iraqi female pharmacist.
Please join us live with your questions to our guests on June 29, 2004 at 16 GMT, or send us your questions ahead of time at spotlightoniraq@islamonline.net
Harb Al-Mukhtar is a former Iraqi Army officer. Born in Baghdad in 1948, he graduated from the Iraqi Military Academy in 1970 and became a colonel in the Iraqi Army Chemical Corps. Harb Al-Mukhtar resigned from the army in June 1990 and worked as a merchant until 1995, when he joined the army again, but didn’t hold an official position; he trained new army recruits until the Iraqi Defense Ministry was disbanded in May 2003.
Umm Dania is an Iraqi female pharmacist. Born in Baghdad in 1959, she received a BSc in pharmacy from Baghdad University in 1982. Umm Dania is also certified in hospital sterilization and civil defense. She worked in many Iraqi hospitals. Currently, she assists in running the supply distribution for a hospital in Baghdad.
