Sunday, June 8, 2008

Between two worlds : escape from tyranny : growing up in the shadow of Saddam - Zainab Salbi and Laurie Becklund



Zainab grew up as in the shadow and force of Sadam Hussein. Her father was his private pilot and her family spent a lot of time partying (reluctantly!) in his circles. She provides an insight to Sadam Hussein as a person, a controlling scary person. Eventually, she was married off to an American stranger in order to get her out of Iraq and away from Sadam and his perpetrating son. It was a horrible marrige from which she fled and created her own life as a strong advocate for women in need. Good. It gets a little redundant to her about the extravagancies and outrageousness of Sadam and the people around him, however. But it is still good. 7

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