Helen Reddy Quotes
I think back and marvel that my ambitions were so small.
In Iraq, the people of the marshland, known as the Madan, supported anti Saddam forces. In retaliation, he killed many of the Madan outright and burned the reeds of the marshes on which the people depended. Then he diverted the water from their land and the culture was almost extinguished. Dr. Alwash was the son of the Iraqi Engineer who managed the water in that region of Iraq and as a child became very familiar with the Mash area and the Madan. He returned to Iraq and began a huge project to rebuild the area and allow the Madan to grow and flourish. To accomplish that, a gigantic water engineering project is necessary to undo the water diversions that Saddam had constructed to destroy the Madan. This was a huge dream and vision.
Helen Maxine Reddy was an Australian-American singer, songwriter, author, actress, and activist. Born in Melbourne, Victoria, to a show-business family, Reddy started her career as an entertainer at age four. She sang on radio and television and won a talent contest on the television program Bandstand in 1966; her prize was a ticket to New York City and a record audition, which was unsuccessful. She pursued her international singing career by moving to Chicago, and subsequently, Los Angeles, where she made her debut singles "One Way Ticket" and "I Believe in Music" in 1968 and 1970, respectively. The B-side of the latter single, "I Don't Know How to Love Him", reached number eight on the pop chart of the Canadian magazine RPM. She was signed to Capitol Records a year later.
