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Mayada, daughter of Iraq: one woman's survival in Saddam Hussein's Torture Jail
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TextPublication details: London Bantam Books 2004 Description: 414 pISBN: 9780553816402Subject(s): Women political prisoners | Baladiyat (Prison) | Women--Social conditions | Saudi Arabia | ImprisonmentDDC classification: 956.7044092 Summary: 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.
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Indian Institute of Management LRC General Stacks | Non-fiction | 956.7044092 SAS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 001218 |
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.
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