Hello... How would you like to get more than 1500 pictures of Iraq of different subjects on a CD?

I needed that once, and decided to make one for myself using a handy digicam. While busy making it, two things took place.. first, I discovered that it was far more time cosuming than I had ever thought, and second, I thought many others would want such a CD. Many Iraqi organisations would find it very useful, and also individuals like myself would. Whether using it for fun or as a refrence, or a teaching tool for their children who havent seen their country and its wealth, or showing it to some forigner friend. These pictures should also be very valuable to Iraqi artists and writers, to inspire them for a painting or a sclupture, or using them in articles in the newspapers or a special present to someone else, etc.

The idea of offering the CD to the public made it much more demanding and time consuming. If it was for myself only, I would be satisfied with what I get and wouldn't have to do all the improvement and final touches to the pictures, at least till I need them. I would have kept the number of pictures limited to the categories I am interested in.

I decided to use a home page (this one!) to advertise it, and also to help me get an estimation about the volume of the market even before I start producing it. I thought the reactions of the visitors of my page, thus you, would help me make it better, avoid mistakes, and make a good strategy about how to go on with the project. For this I need your help.

I need to know:
    first: Would it be interesting to you to buy a copy? I intend to keep the price around $10 ex post?
    second: Do you have any pictures that could be added to the CD? Any suggested books or other sources that I might have missed?
    third: Any Ideas that would improve the CD?

To give you an idea about the kind of the pictures, I have included some samples here, devided into proper categories. Clicking on any picture on this page would open a page of one category. Clicking on pictures on these pages would show individual pictures in larger format.

Enjoy, and please let me know your opinion...
 
 

Clicking on this lovely couple,  would show you the History page...

 
 

.....and clicking this one would take you to old Iraq....  but within the 20th century....

Clicking this picture would take you  to (more or less!) present Iraq...

.........and these are some samples of the valuable photographs of the artist photographer Ramzi.....................

This page is dedicated to the Kurdish people of Iraq

This one is dedicated to pictures of the marshes in the south

.............Finally, this is for the art life of Iraq...