Mayada DAUGHTER OF IRAQ One Woman's Survival in Saddam Hussein's Torture Jail

• Main Author: Sasson, Jean P. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London BANTAM BOOKS 2004; ©2003
• Subjects: Al-Askari, Mayada > 1955-; Baladiyat (Prison); Women political prisoners > Biography > Iraq; Women > Social conditions > Saudi Arabia; Iraq > History > 1979-1991; Iraq > History > 1991-2003
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Mayada was born into a powerful Iraqi family. One grandfather fought alongside Lawrence of Arabia. The other is acclaimed as the first true Arab nationalist. Her uncle was Prime Minister for nearly 40 years, and her mother was an important politician. When Saddam Hussein and his Ba'ath party se...

Table of Contents:

• The shadow women of cell 52
• The four black doors
• Jido Sati
• Saddam Hussein
• Saddam’s wife, "the lady" Sajida
• Chemical Ali and the veil
• Torture
• Dr. Fadil and Mayada’s Family
• The chirping of the Qabaj
• Dear Samara.