Gaddafi's Harem Free Download By Annick Cojean
| Title | : | Gaddafi's Harem |
| Author | : | Annick Cojean |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Page | : | 287 pages |
| ISBN | : | 0802121721 |
In 2011, Annick Cojean, senior reporter at Le Monde and special correspondent for Tripoli, wrote a shock article, titled Gaddafi s sexual slave , which told the story of Soraya, a twenty two year old Libyan woman who had been kidnapped and held captive since the age of 15 Soraya was a schoolgirl in the coastal town of Sirte, when she was given the honour of presenting a In 2011, Annick Cojean, senior reporter at Le Monde and special correspondent for Tripoli, wrote a shock article, titled Gaddafi s sexual slave , which told the story of Soraya, a twenty two year old Libyan woman who had been kidnapped and held captive since the age of 15 Soraya was a schoolgirl in the coastal town of Sirte, when she was given the honour of presenting a bouquet of flowers to Colonel Gaddafi, the Guide, on a visit he was making the following week This one meeting a presentation of flowers, a pat on the head from Gaddafi changed Soraya s life forever 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.In 2012, Cojean returned to Libya to continue her investigation Her book, Gaddafi s Harem, takes Soraya as its starting point to recount the fates of so many other women She has gone to remarkable lengths rape is the highest taboo in Libya to collect these women s stories Heartwrenchingly tragic but ultimately redemptive, Soraya s story is the first of many that are just now beginning to be heard.In Gaddafi s Harem, Le Monde special correspondent Annick Cojean gives a voice to Soraya s story, and supplements her investigation into Gaddafi s abuses of power through interviews with other women who were abused by Gaddafi, and those who were involved with his regime, including a driver who ferried women to the compound, and Gaddafi s former Chief of Security.Gaddafi s Harem is an astonishing portrait of the essence of dictatorship how power gone unchecked can wreak havoc on the most intensely personal level, as well as a document of great significance to the new Libya
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Annick Cojean, foreign correspondent for Le Monde, is one of France s most widely admired journalists She chairs the committee for the Prix Albert Londres, having won the prize herself in 1996, and has published a number of books.
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In 2011, Annick Cojean, senior reporter at Le Monde and special correspondent for Tripoli, wrote a shock article, titled Gaddafi s sexual slave , whic
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