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Zainab Salbi: Between Two Worlds
October 17, 2005
Zainab Salbi writer, activist [homepage]

Zainab Salbi reveals the tyrant Saddam Hussein 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 her family story.

Salbi was 11 when her father was chosen to serve as Saddam Hussein's personal pilot. Her mother eventually sent Zainab to America for an arranged marriage, to spare her from Saddam's growing affection, but the marriage turned out to be another world of tyranny and abuse. 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.

This event is co-sponsored by Women Waging Peace and the Simmons College Institute for Leadership and Change.

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Image of Between Two Worlds: Escape from Tyranny: Growing Up in the Shadow of Saddam [BETWEEN 2 WORLDS]
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Image of The Other Side of War: Women's Stories of Survival and Hope
Author: Zainab Salbi
Publisher: National Geographic (2006)
Binding: Hardcover, 256 pages

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