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“There is something important about the symbolism of this ancient ship and its passengers and crew in the early days of this war. The stories of these survivors because of how the vicissitudes of this sweeping war had previously disdained nations and denied the neutrality of their companions whom it touched during its paths, whether they were Egyptian sailors or young Americans.”This is how the American newspaper Herald Tribune summarized the tragedy of the Egyptian ship that Talaat Pasha Harb bought to establish a trading company, but was sunk by a German battleship years later in the midst of World War II. After that, neither Egypt nor the United States had developed into official participation in this field.“On the Country of the Beloved” tells the story of Zamzam, its crew, and its passengers through interviews and documents - which were published for the first time - and traces the lines that began between Alexandria and New York, but remained between hell and the Navy in the Atlantic Ocean, and years of oppression in Nazi prison camps.