Gaddafi's harem the story of a young woman and the abuses of power in Libya
Soraya was just fifteen, a schoolgirl in the coastal town of Sirte, when she was given the honor of presenting a bouquet of flowers to Colonel Gaddafi on a visit he was making to her school the following week. Soon afterwards, she was summoned to Bab al-Azizia, Gaddafi's palatial compound near...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Grove Press
[2013]
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| Summary: | Soraya was just fifteen, a schoolgirl in the coastal town of Sirte, when she was given the honor of presenting a bouquet of flowers to Colonel Gaddafi on a visit he was making to her school the following week. Soon afterwards, she was summoned to Bab al-Azizia, Gaddafi's palatial compound near Tripoli, where she joined a number of young women who were violently abused, raped and degraded by Gaddafi |
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| Physical Description: | x, 294 pages 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780802121721 |