You can consider this book as an album of works of some contemporary Iraqi plastic artists arranged alphabetically by first name. They all love their homeland and cherish its people, history, heritage and heroism. Some of these artists work for the Art Directorate, Iraqi Ministry of Culture, while others do not; some of them live in Iraq and others live abroad. We have included some artists who passed away in recognition of their great works, but they are few. The vast majority of these great artists are alive and well, and the authors of this book are familiar with some of them on a personal level.