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Haifa Zangana was just eight years old in 1958 when Iraqis flooded the streets in celebration of their newfound, hard-won freedom from British colonial rule, which had begun in 1917. Zangana then came of age in one of the most open societies in the Middle East-until it was shut down in the 1970s by mehr anzeigen the tyrannical, yet secular, Ba'ath Party. Joining in armed struggle against Saddam Hussein, Zangana was captured, imprisoned, and tortured as a young woman. She was released from Abu Ghraib after six months of detention, and has lived in exile ever since. Today, Haifa Zangana is a novelist, a weekly columnist for al-Quds newspaper, and a commentator for the Guardian, Red Pepper, and al-Ahram Weekly. She lives in London. weniger anzeigen

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Geburtstag
1950
Geschlecht
female
Nationalität
Iraq
Geburtsort
Baghdad, Iraq
Wohnorte
London, England, UK

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"In 1958, when Haifa Zangana was just eight years old, Iraqis flooded the
streets in celebration of their newfound, hard-won freedom from British
colonial rule, which had begun in 1917. Zangana then came of age in one of the
most open societies in the Middle East - until it was shut down in the 1970s by
the tyrannical, yet secular Ba'ath Party. Joining in armed struggle against
Saddam Hussein, Zangana was captured, imprisoned, and tortured as a young
woman. She was released from Abu Ghraib after six months of detention, and has
lived in exile ever since." --jacket
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