Zainab Akram, granddaughter 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. ...

Then there was Zainab Akram, 19, who loved fashion and the latest European music.

NYT 10 May 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