Download or read book Saddam City written by Maḥmūd Saʻīd and published by Saqi Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One morning Mustafa Ali Noman, a teacher in Baghdad, is arrested as he reaches the school gates. For the next 15 months he is brutally interrogated and barred from contacting his family. The question of guilt or innocence clearly irrelevant, Mustafa must fight to retain a grip on reality. 'How do I know that I am not dreaming this?' he asks.