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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Main Author: Cojean, Annick (Author)
Other Authors: De Jager, Marjolijn,œe translator
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Grove Press [2013]
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Table of Contents:
  • Childhood
  • Prisoner
  • Bab al-Azizia
  • Ramada
  • Harem
  • Africa
  • Hicham
  • Escape
  • Paris
  • Cogwheels
  • Liberation
  • In Soraya's footsteps
  • "Libya," Khadija, Leila ... and so many more
  • The Amazons
  • The predator
  • Master of the universe
  • Mansour Daw
  • Accomplices and providers
  • Mabrouka
  • A military weapon