{"product_id":"dreaming-of-baghdad-paperback","title":"Dreaming of Baghdad - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHaifa Zangana\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFerial J. Ghazoul\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"With passion and commitment,\" an exiled Iraqi woman recounts her time organizing resistance to Saddam Hussein and imprisonment in Abu Ghraib (Nawal El Saadawi, author of \u003cem\u003eZeina\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1970s Iraq, the Ba'ath Party was at the height of its influence in the Middle East and popularity throughout the West. But a group of activists recognized the disastrous potential of the regime as its charismatic leader, Saddam Hussein, came to power. Haifa Zangana was among those who resisted Saddam's rule, a small group of whom were captured and imprisoned at Abu Ghraib.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNow, from a distance of time and place, Zangana writes about her incarceration, the agonizing loss of comrades to torture and death in prison, her safe yet haunted life so far away from friends, family, and her beloved country, and the ways memory conspires to make us forget.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this poetic, emotionally-tinged memoir, the author of \u003cem\u003eWomen on a Journey: Between Baghdad and London\u003c\/em\u003e \"drags politics down from the realm of the abstract into the mud, fear, and loneliness of personal experience and psychological ruin that is life under dictatorship\" (Christian Parenti, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Freedom: Shadows and Hallucinations in Occupied Iraq\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1970s, \u003cb\u003eHaifa Zangana\u003c\/b\u003e was imprisoned and tortured for actively resisting Saddam Hussein's brutal regime. A journalist, artist, and activist, Zangana is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe City of Widows\u003c\/i\u003e and co-founder of Solidarity for an Independent and Unified Iraq. She contributes to the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRed Pepper\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAl-Ahram Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e and writes a weekly column for \u003ci\u003eAl Quds\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 8.18 x 5.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765249638688,"sku":"9781558616059","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b8911897f2ae7eabde4d669a161f4af3.webp?v=1780264955","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/dreaming-of-baghdad-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}