by Jean Sasson
Al-Jazaeri, Muhammed
Al-Jumburiya
Al-Khayat, Lutfi
Al-Madina Pharmacy
Al-Majid, Ali Hassan. See Chemical Ali
Al-Masbah, secret police headquarters
Al-Mustansiriya University
Al-Obousi
Al-Qasr Al-Jumhouri
Al-Ramadi Detention Center
Al-Saadi, Dr. Kareem and Nibal
Al-Said, Fakhriya
Al-Said, Nouri
Al-Samawi, Sahib Hussein
Al-Sharqi, Kamil
Al-Sullaikh
Al-Tikriti, Barzan
Al-Tikriti, Dr. Abid Mahmud
Al-Tikriti, Hassan Majeed
Al-Tikriti, Usama
Alwiya Club
Amani (shadow woman)
American University of Beirut
Amin Al-Amma (Director General of Iraqi Secret Police)
Amjed (Saddam’s private secretary)
Anna (Mayada’s nanny)
Anwar (shadow woman)
Arab Labor Organization
arrests of Mayada, Dr. Fadil Al-Barrak’s intervention
Asia (shadow woman)
Ataturk, Mustafa Kemal
award (takreem)
Aziz, Tariq, Prime Minister
Baath Party
intelligentsia vs.
joining, forced into
Mayada’s family exemption from
printing companies, suspicions of
property seized by
Saddam Hussein and
Baghdad Al-Jadida
Baladiyat
death of prisoners at
map of
prisoners at
Saddam Hussein murals
Secret Police headquarters
white-haired man at
See also Al-Askari, Mayada; shadow women of cell; torture
Bazoft, Farzad
beatings
beauty of women, valued by Iraq
Bell, Gertrude
birthday parties of Mayada
blackmail of Mayada by Mamoun
Blair, Tony
blank page in nation’s history
breast cancer of Salwa Al-Husri (Mayada’s mother)
British fear and hatred of Jido Sati (Mayada’s grandfather)
British Observer, The
British occupation of Iraq
Broummana
burning
Bush, George W.
ceiling, hanging from
Chemical Ali
advancement in Baath Party
appearance of
childhood of
children of (Omar, Hassan, Hibba)
democratic exercise
diabetes of
Director General of Iraqi Secret Police (Amin Al-Amma)
Dr. Fadil Al-Barrak hatred
education of
fear he inspires in others
interviews by Mayada
kindness of
mental unbalance of
military story for Mayada
press, hatred of
social graces (lack of)
Sunni Muslim Al-Bejat clan
sweets, love of
voice (nasal) of
wealth of
children of Mayada (Fay and Ali)
concern for
reuniting with
Churchill, Winston
cigarette burns
Clark, Lady Terence
clothing advice for Saddam Hussein from Salwa Al-Husri (Mayada’s mother)
coffins, dirt-filled
colon cancer of Nizar Jafar Al-Askari (Mayada’s father)
“Committee of Good Endeavors”
compartmenting outside world
comrades-in-tears, shadow women as
contacting families of shadow women
Cox, Sir Percy
criminals’ families to be notified of crimes
criticism of Saddam Hussein, crime of
cruelty of Sajida Hussein (Saddam’s wife)
curse, early death of Al-Askari men
“Darb Al-Sad Ma red”
“Decoration of Perfection”
delirium from torture
democratic exercise of Chemical Ali
depression of Mayada
Der Spiegel
detention, processing into
dinar devaluation
Director General of Iraqi Secret Police (Amin Al-Amma)
dismemberment
Diyya (compensation for death)
electrical shocks
Eman (shadow woman)
execution, feigned
extortion of Iraqis
extrasensory perception (ESP) research for Saddam Hussein
Faisal, King
family members, killing of
family tree, Mayada’s
“Father of Arab Nationalism.” See Sati, Jido
Fatiha
feet beatings
52 as unlucky for Mayada’s family
fingernails torn out
Fonoun magazine
food for shadow women
foreign printed material, smuggled by Salwa Al-Husri (Mayada’s mother)
fortune-telling articles of Mayada
four black doors
Iranian war
Kuwaiti invasion
secret police
U.N. sanctions
Fuad, Fatin
Fuad, Jinan
Galag Archipelago, The (Solzhenitsyn)
General Establishment of Construction Projects
General Publication Surveillance Directorate
George V, King of England
German Kindergarten and Primary school (Berlin)
gifts from Saddam Hussein
acknowledging by favors
Dr. Fadil Al-Barrak
Mayada Al-Askari
Salwa Al-Husri (Mayada’s mother)
gold donations from every family to support army
Golden Harp of the Sumerians
government’s atrocities, Mayada deceiving herself about
grave of Nizar Jafar Al-Askari (Mayada’s father)
Gray, Thomas
greed of Sajida Hussein (Saddam’s wife)
Hameed, Dr. Hadi
Hamid, Abdul
Hammadi, Dr. Lamya
Hammadi, Dr. Sadoun
Hamoudi, Saad Qasim
Hashim, Sultan, Minister of Defense
Hassan, Abid
Hassan, Hashim
Hassan, Suleiman
Hayat (shadow woman)
Head of Intelligence Service
heart attack of Mayada
helping others due to Dr. Fadil Al-Barrak’s relationship
historians and Saddam Hussein
Hizb Al-Dawa Al-Islamiya (Islamic Convocation Party)
Hmoud, Dr. Abid
homecoming of Mayada
hook, suspended from
Hussain, Jalal
Hussain (Mayada’s employee)
Hussein, Hala (Saddam’s daughter)
Hussein, King of Jordan
Hussein, Qusay (Saddam’s son)
Hussein, Raghad (Saddam’s daughter)
Hussein, Saddam
appearance of
Ayatollah Khomeini and
Baath Party
brutality, cause of
charismatic personality
clothes, love of
clothing advice from Salwa Al-Husri (Mayada’s mother)
criticism of
Diyya (compensation for death)
education of
extrasensory perception (ESP)
family members, killing of
General Establishment of Construction Projects
gifts from
Hala (daughter)
historians and
Hussain Kamil
Iraqi Liberation Day
martyrs, Iraqi Army as
Mayada, personal encounters with
Mukhabarat and
Mukhtar (dog)
murals overlooking Baladiya
t
newscasts about
Nostradamus translation by Mayada
palace opulence
pictures taken with
power base, building
procedures when meeting Saddam Hussein
Raghad (daughter)
romanticism of
Salwa Al-Husri’s personal encounters
Samara Shabendar (wife)
Sati Al-Husri admired by
self-love of
song about
Sunni Muslim Al-Bejat clan
support by Iraqis
Tabaeya Iraniya deportations
takreem (award)
tribal loyalties, importance
underestimation by Iraqis
voice (nasal) of
women interrogations, nonviolent
See also four black doors
Hussein, Sajida (Saddam’s wife) “The Lady”
appearance of
childhood of
cruelty of
gold donations, wearing
greed of
Kuwaiti royal jewels as hers
Mukhtar (dog) and
Rosa and ring from
Salwa Al-Husri (Mayada’s mother) and
Sara, problem with
shopping with Salwa Al-Husri
thief, Sajida as
Hussein, Uday (Saddam’s son)
Iman (shadow woman)
imprisonment by secret police
innocent imprisonment of Iraqis
Institute of Archives and Librarian Studies
intelligentsia vs. Baath officials
interrogation of Mayada
Iranian war
Iraq
Baath party
beauty of women, valued by
blank page in nation’s history
brides, young
British occupation of
cash for arrests
coffins, dirt-filled
corruption under Saddam Hussein
criticism of Saddam Hussein, crime of
dinar devaluation
extortion of Iraqis
gifts, acknowledging by favors
gold donations from every family to support army
innocent imprisonment
intelligentsia vs. Baath officials
Iranian war
Kurds
Mabram, required for women traveling
maps of
military coups in
mourning custom
Ottoman Empire
promise of future
royal family and
sandstorms
Shiites
sons favored over daughters
”staring,” crime of
suicide as sin
Tabaeya Iraniya document deportations
telephones bugged in
torturing of Iraqis
travel prohibited during war
tribal loyalties, importance
U.N. sanctions
Wahhabi sect
World War I
See also Al-Askari, Mayada
Iraqi Liberation Day
Iraqi lullaby
Iraqi Military Attaché to Soviet Union
iron beds/benches in Baladiyat
Islamic Call (“Al-Da’wah al Islamiyah”)
Islamic Convocation Party (Hizb Al-Dawa Al-Islamiya)
“Itlatat” (Overviews) column of Mayada
Jabbar, Abu
Jameel, Captain
Jamila (shadow woman)
Jassim, Latiff Nusaif
Jordan
journalistic advancement of Mayada
Journalists Federation and Writers Union
Kadumiya
Kamil, Hussain
Kanaan, Abu
Keer, Sir Clark
Keynes, John Maynard
Khomeini, Ayatollah
kicks
King Ghazi
King of Jordan
King’s College at Cambridge
Kurds
Kuwaiti invasion
Kuwaiti royal jewels for Sajida (Saddam’s wife)
“Lady, The.” See Hussein, Sajida (Saddam’s wife)
Lawrence, T.E. (Lawrence of Arabia)
leaving home and country
letter to Samara (shadow woman)
“Lion’s Paw” mark
Mabram, required for women traveling
Majalaty Wa Al-Mizmar
Mamoun
manipulation of Dr. Fadil Al-Barrak by Salwa Al-Husri (Mayada’s mother)
maps of Iraq
martyrs, Iraqi Army as
Mayada. See Al-Askari, Mayada
May (shadow woman)
messages to families
military coups in Iraq
miracles at Baladiyat
Mohammed, Dr.
muezzin
Mukhabarat
Mukhtar (Saddam Hussein’s dog)
Muna (shadow woman)
murals of Saddam Hussein at Baladiyat
Muslim, evolution into
Nadir, Suhail Sami
Nahla (Mayada’s employee)
newscasts about Saddam Hussein
Nostradamus translation by Mayada
Ottoman Empire
Overviews (“Itlatat”) column of Mayada
Oxford University
palace opulence
Parish, Daphne
pictures taken with Saddam Hussein
“pin-up hero” (Ayatollah Khomeini)
poetry, Samara (shadow woman)
political journalism and Mayada
Political Section of Al-Baladiyat Secret Police
Porsun, Hussain Husni
prayers in Baladiyat
print shop of Mayada
prisoners at Baladiyat
procedures for meeting Saddam Hussein
promotions for torturing Iraqis
property confiscated by Baath Party
qabaj chirping, as sign of moving from current place
QaQae Establishment for Construction Materials
Qasim, General Abdul Karim
Raheem, Muhammed Jassim
rape
Rasha (shadow woman)
release, hope of
release of Mayada
remarriage of Mayada to leave Iraq
Resat, Sultan Mohammed
Revolution Command Council
romanticism of Saddam Hussein
Roula (shadow woman)
rowdiness of Mayada
royal family and Iraq
Royal Shahany School (Istanbul)
Saad, Dr.
Sabah, Dr. (shadow woman)
Sabah, Um
Safana (shadow woman)
Salih, Hamdiya
Samara (shadow woman)
advice for Mayada
care of shadow women
cleanliness of
encouragement for Mayada
injuries of
Iraqi lullaby
lying to calm fears
Mayada’s letter to
miracles for Mayada
mirror of
poetry
story of
torture of
Sami, Um, Omar and Hassan
sandstorms in Iraq
Sara (shadow woman)
Sati, Jido (Mayada’s grandfather)
alarm clock for family
artist’s brushes and paints gift to Mayada
Beit Meri resort
birth of
breakfast with
British fear and hatred of
death of
Dr. Fadil Al-Barrak interest in papers of
educational system improvements
Governor of Bayne (Yugoslavia)
honesty of
intelligence of
Jamila Hussain Pasha (wife)
Ottoman Empire and
Prophet Mohammed link to
Saddam Hussein’s admiration of
walks
Scottie (family dog)
secret police
secret police se
arch of print shop
self-love of Saddam Hussein
Shabendar, Samara (Saddam’s wife)
shadow women of cell
affection for Mayada
Aliya (shadow woman)
Amani (shadow woman)
Anwar (shadow woman)
Asia (shadow woman)
compartmenting outside world
comrades-in-tears
detention, processing into
Dr. Sabah (shadow woman)
Eman (shadow woman)
execution, feigned
food
graffiti
Hadi Hameed (doctor)
Hayat (shadow woman)
heart attack of Mayada
Iman (shadow woman)
interrogations of
iron beds/benches
Jamila (shadow woman)
May (shadow woman)
messages to families
message to Salwa Al-Husri (Mayada’s mother)
muezzin
Muna (shadow woman)
number of women in
photographing of
prayers
Rasha (shadow woman)
release of Mayada, happiness over
Roula (shadow woman)
Safana (shadow woman)
Sara (shadow woman)
sleep, difficulties
social status and
stench of cell
time as enemy of
toilet
Wafae (shadow woman)
See also Samara
Shatt-Al-Arab
Shawket, Dr. Saib
Shiites
Sidqi, General Bakir
Simpkin, Michael
Sirri, Sahar
slaps
social status and shadow women
social successes of Salwa Al-Husri (Mayada’s mother)
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr
song about Saddam Hussein
sons favored over daughters
spying request to Salwa Al-Husri (Mayada’s mother) from Dr. Fadil Al-Barrak
“staring,” crime of
suicide as sin
Sunni Muslim Al-Bejat clan
Tabaeya Iraniya deportations
takreem (award)
teeth torn out
telephones bugged in Iraq
“This Beautiful Science” (Mayada)
Tilfah, Khayrallah
Tilfah, Sajida. See Hussein, Sajida (Saddam’s wife)
time, article by Mayada
time as enemy of shadow women
torture
beatings
blindfolds
burning
ceiling, hanging from
cigarette burns
death from
delirium from
dismemberment
Dr. Fadil Al-Barrak
electrical shocks
feet beatings
fingernails torn out
hook, suspended from
kicks
Mayada Al-Askari
