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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a well-written true story about a woman called Mayada who lived in Iraq throughout the rule of Saddam Hussein. It vividly describes the privileged position Mayada had in a rich Iraqui family, and through this, how she went from being one of Saddam's 'favoured' to being thrown into one of his many torture prisons.
Despite the author being obviously pro-US throughout the book, it is very well written book and depicts Mayada's life with dignity and respect.
The only downfall of this book is that there are so many books on sale at the moment that are 'true stories' about people's plights in difficult situations. This book could be easily overlooked because of this, which is a great shame.
Despite the author being obviously pro-US throughout the book, it is very well written book and depicts Mayada's life with dignity and respect.
The only downfall of this book is that there are so many books on sale at the moment that are 'true stories' about people's plights in difficult situations. This book could be easily overlooked because of this, which is a great shame.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I found this book very interesting to read. Especially the episodes in the prison regarding the reasons' why Iraqi people were taken into prison.
Mayada life and aspects into the introduction of her family were excellent. I feel one needs to learn about the aspects and privelages a person has and how they deal with things their own way. The insight into the Sadam Hussian political system was interesting and very sad at times. This is just a small chapter in what went on in Iraq under sadam. It will be interesting to see how other people and families suffered in Iraq.
I found this book to be a smooth read. This was one of those hard to eplain books-that have a meaning that goes beyond certain adgenda's and political cruelty when playing games becomes normal for the people that give the pain. For the receiver it becomes the pain of leaving children, parents, siblings behind and getting roped into a political system that never seems to end.
Mayada life and aspects into the introduction of her family were excellent. I feel one needs to learn about the aspects and privelages a person has and how they deal with things their own way. The insight into the Sadam Hussian political system was interesting and very sad at times. This is just a small chapter in what went on in Iraq under sadam. It will be interesting to see how other people and families suffered in Iraq.
I found this book to be a smooth read. This was one of those hard to eplain books-that have a meaning that goes beyond certain adgenda's and political cruelty when playing games becomes normal for the people that give the pain. For the receiver it becomes the pain of leaving children, parents, siblings behind and getting roped into a political system that never seems to end.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Jean Sasson has produced a book which is very graphic and quite disturbing in parts, as to the life of those under the regime of Saddam Hussain. Mayada has continuity of circumstances and events with no holds barred. It conveys a sense of the ultimate macabre and evil that any human being can not even begin to understand. This is the first reading of a particular woman's life in either Iraq or Afghanistan, in being interested in the particular culture and lifestyle with regard to the teachings of the Q'uran. There is, as this book (Mayada),conveys, something sadly amiss, in the way human beings are treated and particularly women, being second class citizens, under those that see fit to treat their citizens as such in the name of Allah. Mayada is a compelling read and certainly puts a different light on the subject of those being holier than thou from the teachings of the Q'uran. Well worth reading, if only as a matter of interest or part of studies in humanity.
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Fabulous reading
This the story of an Iraqi woman who survived Saddam Hussein's regime. Well written and insightful, moving truth from behind the veiled lives of the women there. Read more
Published 7 months ago by jayb
An excellent into the injustice of the iraqi secret police
They took me away from my home,
They slapped me when I cried out for my children,
They imprisoned me,
They accused me of crimes I had never commited,
They... Read more
They slapped me when I cried out for my children,
They imprisoned me,
They accused me of crimes I had never commited,
They... Read more
Published 14 months ago by T. Wahaid
disapointing
after reading many of these true life books i found this one to be a bit slow the book didnt keep me on the edge of my seat like others iv read overall i found the book... Read more
Published on 24 Aug 2009 by Mrs. L. Wood
Insightful!
This book describes a situation which makes me greatful that I'm far away from such a place where such horrific things happen but sad that such unlawful things actually happened... Read more
Published on 16 July 2008 by Ms. A. Vijan
The tip of the iceberg
Mayada Al Askari was born in Iraq, in 1955, to a prominent Iraqi family, and is the granddaughter of Jido Sati, an important Iraqi politician and statesman in the first half of the... Read more
Published on 23 Jun 2008 by Gary Selikow
There's something missing
When it comes to autobiographical or biographical books, like this one, and the events recounted are mainly dramatic and very sad, the impulse is to rate it with 5 stars. Read more
Published on 21 Aug 2007 by I LOVE BOOKS
Better than Princess
If you can get over Sasson's 'the Iraqis are so grateful to the US for being liberated' tone, this is a much better book. Read more
Published on 17 Nov 2006 by Kareem Scott Storer
not for the faint hearted!
I have read most of Jean Sasson's books but this one shocked me to the core.
Although I am probably no different from any other person who has lived in western europe, I... Read more
Although I am probably no different from any other person who has lived in western europe, I... Read more
Published on 16 Aug 2006 by K. badial
Alright!
well, am not gonna say it was the greatest book i've ever read, but it was interesting, i couldn't put it down at all... just one go!
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Published on 12 July 2005 by JUdat
Very Telling Book About The Horrors of Iraqi Jails
I really enjoyed reading the book. I read it in two days because I had a hard time let it down. I am very familiar with Mayada from the Alwyah Club she mentioned in the... Read more
Published on 27 Nov 2004 by Namir C. Shammas
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