'That was the execution room, we fixed it up and live in it' tells one man. He walks into the courtyard where messages from those executed remain written on the walls. 'You may read my prayer, weep for my youth.' Yet one of these writers has survived. She now lives with her family but can't forget the executions. 'They would come, call her name and we would kiss her goodbye.' Determined to rebuild herself, the woman is currently completing a degree in political science. Meanwhile, a meeting for widows proves another example of hope for Iraq. The government is trying to help these women by giving them a small pension. But sadly with more than 80,000 widows in Baghdad, the numbers are overwhelming. One widow struggling to support 6 children simply says 'I rely on God's mercy.'