TY - BOOK AU - Sasson, Jean TI - Mayada, daughter of Iraq: one woman's survival in Saddam Hussein's Torture Jail SN - 9780553816402 U1 - 956.7044092 PY - 2004/// CY - London PB - Bantam Books KW - Women political prisoners KW - Baladiyat (Prison) KW - Women--Social conditions KW - Saudi Arabia KW - Imprisonment N2 - 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 ER -