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Gaddafi's Harem: The Story of a Young Woman and the Abuses of Power in Libya
By Cojean, Annick
- ISBN
- 9780802121721
- Publisher
- Grove
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Starred Review on August 1, 2013 | Social Sciences
A best seller as soon as it was published in France earlier this year, French journalist Cojean's book proves to be a harrowing read, difficult to put down. The first half recounts in terrifying detail the narrative of Soraya, a Libyan teenage schoolgirl chosen by Colonel Gaddafi to be one of his "harem"—women, some of them extremely young, kept as slaves to satisfy his depraved and pathologic need for sex. The second half consists of C...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
