Hussein my former Pen Pal

Hussein
my former Pen Pal from Bagdad

	We met 1963 in Bagdad. I had been waiting for the bus for hours when Hussein approached me. We had some talk on the bus ride and exchanged addresses. Two months later, back home, I sent my first letter to Hussein who lived near the Water Tower. Unfortunately I forgot his last name. We became pen pals and kept writing for 2 or three years. In 1965 Hussein came to Germany as a student and must have spent some time at a German university. If you happen to know about his whereabouts, please let me know. Email to me	Coincident, Fate or Telepathy? Only two weeks after setting up this page I got a mail from Hussein. It turned out he had found the postcards I sent him back in 1963 at the same time I set up this page. He searched and found me on the Internet. Hussain Al-Azawi has been living in Germany since 1967 in the neighbourhood of Hannover.
		Postcard of Zurich from June 6, 1963 to Hussein. My passport from 1962. The Iraqi transit visa from January 1963.
	Hussein (r) with friends Khaled und Abrahem in front of their school.
ISBN 3-451-05371-3 Schauplatz Irak von Peter Heine ISBN 1-4000-4257-7 Jessica Lynch and her 507th convoy didn't make it to Bagdad. Her story is well worth reading although she didn't fire a single shot from her jammed M16.
	Kadhimain Mosque in Bagdad All postcards from Bagdad 1963

	'Tahreer' Freedom Square Bagdad.

	Samara Mosque Bagdad.

	Haiderkhana Mosque in Rashid Street Bagdad.

	21 May 2004 We meet again after 41 years at Hussein's German home near Hemmingen. Hussein's a success story, completely integrated into German society and speaking flawlessy German he has been living in Germany since 1967.

Text and Pictures Robert Pfeffer
CH-8180 Bülach