Three stories are told in this episode: one where the baby is not wanted, one where the baby's future is in jeopardy, and one where the baby is absent. The story that opens and closes the episode takes place in Palestine. Fatima is caught up in a cycle of pregnancies due to the social pressures of not yet having produced a male child. The story chronicles her sixth pregnancy and delivery. The woman's determination to give birth to yet another child is motivated primarily by a fear that her husband will marry another woman if she cannot give him a son. Roza lives in a Syrian village. After many years of childless marriage, she has learned that her husband has the fertility problem. This is a revealing and moving saga of a woman caught between yearning to have a child and trying to assert herself within the traditional codes and expectations of her society. In Baghdad, Daoud is a sick baby born under the Iraqi sanctions. Giving him basic nourishment and vaccinations is an uphill struggle. His parents discuss their fears about the fate of children born in Iraq today. For more click here. To purchase Arab Diaries, please visit the First Run/Icarus Films site.