WATCH 'TESTIMONIES: IRAQI WITNESSES TO THE SADDAM ERA' - A DVD PRODUCED BY
THE IRAQ MEMORY FOUNDATION
The Iraqi Memory Foundation gives voice to the countless thousands of survivors and witnesses of atrocity in Saddam Hussein's Iraq
Nahida Al Ramah
An actress. Escaped many attempts on her life by the Ba'athist Intelligence. Lost her sight after fleeing Iraq.
Qassim Al Breesam
Arrested after the 1991 uprising. Spent three years in prison and still suffers the effects of torture.
Zahra Al Badri
The Ba'thist regime executed her husband, son, pregnant daughter and many of her relatives. Hid her two sons at home for 23 years.
Shao'ul Sasson
Son of the Chief Rabbi of Iraq. Was incarcerated and tortured for a year in the notorious Al Nihaya Palace prison. Witnessed the torture of famous Iraqi politicians.
Zainba Al Ham Dani and Doa'a Al Shawi
Doa'a was born in prison and her parents were executed. She treasures bootees knitted by her mother for her in prison. Zainba is Doa'a's Aunt.
Emad Abdul Latif
A university lecturer. Arrested in a lecture room in 1980. Endured severe torture, and while in exile underwent many corrective cosmetic operations on his face.
The Iraq Memory Foundation staff both in Baghdad and Washington are engaged in a long-term effort to provide Iraqi society and the world with a view of the inner workings of the Ba'thist institutions or repression and social control that dominated all aspects of Iraqi life from 1968 to 2003. The Foundation is preserving, digitizing, classifying and beginning to analyse more than 11 million pages of records in its holdings.
Contact the Iraq Memory Foundation at 1701 K Street, N.W.Suite 550, Washington, DC, 20006. Phone: +1 202 293 5910. Fax: +1 202 293 5911.
