This book depicts the life of Mayada, at the Baladiyat prison near Baghdad. Her encounter with near death and the torture that was commited against the 12 other inmates of Cell # 52.
Mayada hails from a very admired famiy in the whole of the Arab community. Mayada's family had a lot of influence in Saddam Hussin's administration. She has also won many appreciations for the write ups, she had penned for cheildren and also for articles that showed her love for her country - Iraq. Mayada was truely a loyal and lovable daughter of the country who was arrested by the secret police for no wrong doing of hers.
The book brings out both the sides of Saddam as a person and how well a manuplator he was.
The book is worth a reading, if u r interested in real life stories.
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