Mayada, hija de irak / Mayada, Daughter of Iraq (Spanish Edition) - Softcover

Sasson, Jean P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8401335191 ISBN 13: 9788401335198

Publisher: Plaza & Janes Editories Sa, 2004

Synopsis

Recounts the experiences of Mayada Al-Askari, daughter of a once-prominent Iraqi family, in Saddam Hussein's Iraq as she shares life with the fellow prisoners at Baladiyat Prison whom she calls the shadow women.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Jean Sasson first met Mayada in 1998. She traveled to Baghdad and Mayada was her official interpreter.
They soon became friends and Mayada started to tell her the atrocities of Saddam Hussein. Mayada decided that she wanted to expose her story to the whole world and denounce the brutality of life in Iraq under Saddam Hussein. She asked Jean to write the experiences. Mayada lived several months in a cell, along with 17 other women, that she calls shadow-women. Most of them were totally innocent. They were tortured again and again until they confessed to everything they were charged with. Some of them died without hope of ever being free. The ones that survived were kept alive by their friendship, and the stories Mayada told them to make their pain and misery more bearable.

About the Author:

Jean Sasson is devoted to writing and lecturing. She has traveled extensively to the Middle East, where she lived for long periods of time. She currently resides in the Southern United States. Please consult:
www.JeanSasson.com for information about the author.

About this edition

• Publisher: Plaza & Janes Editories Sa
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 8401335191
• ISBN 13: 9788401335198
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Random House Mondadori