Hidden in plain sight : growing up in the shadow of Saddam hussein
Salbi, Zainab2005
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Zainab Salbi tells of her physical and psychological battle for freedom from Saddam's inner circle. In this insight into the private world of a tyrant, she reveals the true victims of dictatorship and war - women. She describes the fear and sexual tension felt by those chosen as Saddam's close companions.
Main title:
Hidden in plain sight : growing up in the shadow of Saddam hussein / Zzinab Salbi with Laurie Becklund.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Vision, 2005.
Collation:
288 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:
1904132812
Dewey class:
956.7'044'092956.704
Language:
English
Subject:
Salbi, ZainabHussein, Saddam, 1937- -- Friends and associatesWomen -- Iran -- Social conditions -- 20th centuryAbused women -- Iraq -- BiographyArranged marriage -- United StatesAbused wives -- United States -- BiographyMothers and daughters -- IraqWomen -- Iraq -- BiographyIraq -- Politics and government -- 1979-1991Iraq -- Politics and government -- 1991-2003
BRN:
1735017
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