Mayada, daughter of Iraq: one woman's survival in Saddam Hussein's Torture Jail
Sasson, Jean
Mayada, daughter of Iraq: one woman's survival in Saddam Hussein's Torture Jail - London Bantam Books 2004 - 414 p.
A member of one of the most distinguished and honored families in Iraq, Mayada grew up surrounded by wealth and royalty. But when Saddam Hussein's regime took power, she was thrown into cell 52 in the infamous Baladiyat prison with seventeen other nameless, faceless women from all walks of life. To ease their suffering, these shadow women passed each day by sharing their life stories. Now, through Jean Sasson, Mayada is finally able to tell her story - and theirs - to the world.
9780553816402
Women political prisoners
Baladiyat (Prison)
Women--Social conditions
Saudi Arabia
Imprisonment
956.7044092 / SAS
Mayada, daughter of Iraq: one woman's survival in Saddam Hussein's Torture Jail - London Bantam Books 2004 - 414 p.
A member of one of the most distinguished and honored families in Iraq, Mayada grew up surrounded by wealth and royalty. But when Saddam Hussein's regime took power, she was thrown into cell 52 in the infamous Baladiyat prison with seventeen other nameless, faceless women from all walks of life. To ease their suffering, these shadow women passed each day by sharing their life stories. Now, through Jean Sasson, Mayada is finally able to tell her story - and theirs - to the world.
9780553816402
Women political prisoners
Baladiyat (Prison)
Women--Social conditions
Saudi Arabia
Imprisonment
956.7044092 / SAS