Monday, January 25, 2016

Zabibah and the King: Saddam Hussein's strange romance novel

By Jack Brummet


In 2000, Saddam Hussein wrote ZabÄ«bah wal-Malika romance novel, originally published anonymously in Iraq in 2000.  It was a best seller, selling over a million copies. The Iraqi publisher stole four paintings by a Canadian artist, Jonathon Earl Bowser, for illustrations, including putting his "The Awakening" painting on the cover. 

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