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Zabiba and the King

Saddam Hussein

WHAT IS IT ABOUT? Zabiba and the King is an allegorical love story between a mighty king (Saddam) and a simple, yet beautiful commoner named Zabiba (the Iraqi people). Zabiba is married to a cruel and unloving husband (the United States) who forces himself upon her against her will. This act of rape...

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Saddam Hussein's romance novel Zabiba and the King was outlined as a love story set in early Islam with political subtext.

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He wrote this book called Zabiba and the King. It was a kind of romance novel... set in the past, in the early years of Islam... there's a pagan king... he sees this beautiful woman, Zabiba.

— Episode: BONUS: Dictators’ Books

Episode: BONUS: Dictators’ Books

Saddam Hussein's romance novel Zabiba and the King was outlined as a love story set in early Islam with political subtext.

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He wrote this book called Zabiba and the King. It was a kind of romance novel... set in the past, in the early years of Islam... there's a pagan king... he sees this beautiful woman, Zabiba.

Zabiba and the king gives you a reasonable sense of what was going through Saddam's mind when he felt besieged.

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