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The question "why did they stay?" haunts this engrossing memoir, as Salbi shows how Saddam Hussein "managed to make decent people like [her] parents complicit in their own oppression." PW
Gotham
October 2005
304 pages
ISBN: 1592401562
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Zainab Salbi was eleven years old when her father was
chosen to serve as Saddam Hussein’s personal pilot, her
family often forced to spend weekends with Saddam where he
watched their every move. As a palace insider, Zainab
offers a singular glimpse of what it is like to come of age
under a dictator and provides an intimate portrait of the
man she was taught to call "uncle." She watched as Saddam
pitted friends, spouses, and even children against each
other to compete for his approval. She was sent to donate
her mother’s jewelry to one of the world’s richest men,
asked to erase her memory as she heard of crimes she was
not supposed to hear of, and witnessed her mother hiding
her tears lest it upset Saddam. Her mother eventually sent
Zainab to America for an arranged marriage, to spare her
from Saddam’s growing affection, but the marriage intended
to save her turned out to be another world of tyranny and
abuse. Despite extraordinary psychological challenges, Zainab
started over. She forged a new identity as a champion of
female victims of war, dedicating her life to speaking out
on behalf of oppressed women around the world. Her unique
nonprofit organization has been featured in the media
numerous times, including multiple appearances by Zainab on
The Oprah Winfrey Show. But until now, Zainab has
never told this very personal tale. In this intimate
portrait, she reveals the tyrant through the eyes of a
child, a secretly rebellious teenager, an abused wife, and
ultimately a professional woman coming to terms with the
horror of secrets her mother revealed only on her deathbed.
Through her ability to come to terms with the child she
used to be and the dangerous world in which she managed to
survive, Between Two Worlds emerges as a story of
heroism like no other.
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