by Jean P. Sasson · Plaza y Janes · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780307274236
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«Mayada, hija de Irak» is the biographical account by Jean P. Sasson, published by Plaza y Janés in paperback (320 pages, in Spanish).
The book tells the true story of Mayada Al-Askari, daughter of a prominent Iraqi family, and her detention in Baladiyat prison under Saddam Hussein's regime. There she lives with other female prisoners, whom she calls «las mujeres de la sombra», and recounts the inhuman conditions, abuses and torture they endure, as well as the bonds of friendship and solidarity that sustain them.
The original English title, «Mayada, Daughter of Iraq», was published in 1995; this Spanish edition is from 2005.
For readers of memoirs and Middle Eastern history, as well as accounts of women under authoritarian regimes.
Jean P. Sasson is an American writer whose work mainly centers around women in the Middle East.
