The narrator explains the importance of the role his father plays in his life as he says, "My dad was a decent man, a Bedouin of modest means who didn't always have a enough to eat, but he was nonetheless my father, and he remained the object of my greatest respect" (Khadra 24). The narrator tries to explain to the reader the huge influence his father has on him and how his father's attributes of modesty increases his respect and perspective of him. This sort of respect and pride is what plays a large role in shaping the narrator's identity. The narrator's perception of his father guides his way of carrying out his daily tasks and it directly/indirectly plays a major role on his psychological behaviour. Sirens of Baghdad is closely related to the time of the American invasion of Iraq in 2003 and this war took its time and soon caught up with the protagonist's life; as his home was raided for suspicious weapon trafficking based on means of assumption. During this violent raid, the brute American soldiers carried out unnecessary physical assaults on his whole family. One of the men struck the head of the protagonist's disabled father with the lethal butt of his weapon while he was barely dressed; causing him to collapse, unconscious with his trousers down and genitals exposed. This violent event had a detrimental effect on his family's honor, especially his father's pride, which the protagonist valued with his life. This 'value' is demonstrated in the following quote, " [.]I saw, while my family's honor lay stricken on the floor, I saw what was forbidden to see [.] my father's penis [.]. That sight was the edge of the abyss [.] there was nothing but the infinite void, an interminable fall of nothingness. The sun could keep rising, but I'd never be able to distinguish day from night anymore"(Khadra 105). The protagonist claims that nothing is the same after this attack and he has lost track of time itself; which begins the process of identify loss for this character.