Sorrow Behind The Smiles

Title: Sorrow Behind The Smiles - Notes on a humanitarian journey - disaster relief in Iraq, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iran
Author: Mohamed Hatta Shaharom
Publisher: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP)
Price: RM100
No. of Pages: 345
Year: 2006
ISBN9836289003

This is a humanitarian journey through lands that were devastated by the ravage of man-made and natural disasters.

These are personal notes of the writer including two chapters by his wife and son) during relief missions in Iraq (1991), Kosova (1999 & 2000), Afghanistan (2001) and Iran (2004) sponsored by the Islamic Medical Association of Malaysia (IMAM), MERCY Malaysia and anonymous Malaysian donors who came to the fore in times of need.