Ihab Abed, daughter of Abed Hassan Hamoodi

From the news reports:

The family is well educated and well respected. None had ever joined the Baath Party, but all were important members of the community. ...

Dr. Ihab Abed, 34, who scored near perfect marks on her medical boards and lived near Basra University, came to her father's house because she was frightened of the fighting near her home.

NYT 10 May 2003

"They are of my blood. My wife, my daughter, who was a doctor, my son, a computer engineer and my grandchildren.

BBC 28 Oct 2003

Ayad Hamoodi lives in the big empty house with his wife and children, trying to honour the memory of those who perished: his mother, son, brother, sister, and six nieces and nephews.

"It was the most difficult decision of my life," he says. "But the soul of our whole family is in this house. That's why I decided to stay. One of us had to stay here. If all of us had left Basra, our whole family would be destroyed."

Globe and Mail 06 Mar 2004