Mayada: Daughter of Iraq (2004): One Woman's Survival in Saddam Hussein's Torture Jail By Jean Sasson

The true account of Mayada Al‑Askari as told to Jean Sasson: the story follows Mayada’s life from a privileged Iraqi family through her arrest in 1999, imprisonment in Baladiyat Prison with other ‘shadow women,’ and her survival of torture and political repression under Saddam Hussein’s regime.