Between Two Worlds. Escape From Tyranny : Growing Up in the Shadow of Saddam by Laurie Becklund, Zainab Salbi

Between Two Worlds. Escape From Tyranny : Growing Up in the Shadow of Saddam

Laurie Becklund, Zainab Salbi

295 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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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. As a palace insider, she offers a glimpse of life under a dictator and provides an int...

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