The Tigris and the Euphrates, the largest rivers in Western Asia, nurtured between them a fertile crescent which saw the rise and fall of great empires--Sumerian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian. The pain and vengefulness engendered by historical struggles over these great waterways and their surrounding lands continue to be felt in the Arab world today.
幼發拉底與底格里斯，這西亞的兩條大河，沖積出的的肥沃月灣，見證了蘇美文化、亞述文化、巴比倫文化，這平原上一個又一個王國的爭戰、征服與消逝。甚至在今日的阿拉伯世界中，仍嗅得到過往歷史所存留在不同民族間的仇恨記憶與無限傷痛。