Nada Al Shoaibi is an Iraqi author and novelist who published “The Rose of Baghdad”, this novel traces the lives of five friends from affluent families during the reign of Haroun Al Rashid, through the civil war between his two sons and ends with the caliphate of Al Mutasem. It is a story of a great civilization and of great luxury, of suffering and perseverance, of cruelty and loyalty. It is the story of five girls and their city.