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Chapters 6-10

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From: My Road from Damascus

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Includes the chapters "My Penelope Wove Nothing", "The Berlin Wall, Saddam Hussein, and the Wooden Penis", "Rufaida (1996)", "The Bank of Little Stones (March 1992)", and "Howl". Topics discussed include Saeed’s 1991 release from prison, Hafez al-Assad, symbology of the penis, the Sednaya Prison, the Baathist movement and their followers, imprisoned communists and the communists’ wing, marriage and culture surrounding marriage, and meeting his wife Rufaida.

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Jamal Saeed

Jamal Saeed spent 12 years as a prisoner of conscience in Syria before being invited to Canada in 2016. He continues to raise awareness about Syria’s ongoing civil war and humanitarian crisis through his work as an activist, editor, visual artist, and author. He lives in Kingston, ON.