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The Dictator's Wife: The gripping BBC Two Between the Covers book club pick

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A new railway line was planned to connect Damascus to the ancient Assyrian cities in the underdeveloped north-east. We had to take it to the First Lady, and I understand that someone lost their job in the local security services. A few days after her "thesis defense," a public presentation of her thesis was scheduled to take place at 7:30 am. Chadian president, Idriss Déby Itno, is a proud husband of Hinda Déby, who is not only renowned for her beauty, but also her high sense of fashion and education levels. When the Ceausescus traveled abroad for state visits, ceremonies had to be negotiated prior to the trip in which Elena would receive honorary degrees and other rewards for her scientific work.

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A feisty lawyer and politician, Cilia is most popular for her work as the first female president of the National Assembly, and attorney general of Venezuela.His defenders point out that for decades he has lived in the same, modest semi-detached house near a busy motorway in west London: weeds wriggle through the paving stones in the front garden; the paint on the porch is peeling.

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Emmatel – the phone company with her name – now has branches countrywide (even in areas her husband doesn’t control). International condemnation of Bashar’s crimes grew, yet this incremental choking of Syria, rather than all-out attack, helped forestall intervention. A few days later, a Tunisian vegetable seller set himself on fire, sparking uprisings across north Africa and the Middle East that came to be known as the Arab spring. Though many of Asma’s friends distanced themselves from her years ago, they remain concerned about her well-being. Many Syrians were intoxicated by what they saw, but fear inhibited most from coming onto the streets.Late last year residents of the Damascus neighbourhood where Asma lives noticed a surreal change in the landscape. Akhras was frank about his proximity to power: his preferred opener when giving speeches was, “As the father-in-law of the president. Sabika’s passion in women’s and children’s affairs is crowned by her participation as chief patron of the Society for Women and Children in Bahrain. The story is narrated by Laura Lăzărescu, a young London lawyer working on the case and starstruck by this enigmatic “black widow”. She has used her position as first lady to advocate for various areas of governance such as female empowerment, education, cross cultural dialogue and health.

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Her husband is the longest serving president in Africa, having taken power after the August 1979 military coup. It is an intriguing prism through which to consider Melania Knauss, a Slovenian model who came to America married Donald Trump in 2005.

The most prominent Western visitors were pariahs like Nick Griffin, then head of the far-right British National Party. One kid said I’ve got a story about human rights, and explained how he’d been arrested, stripped and made to sit on a bottle,” said an organiser. Hinda is actually considered as the new first lady, since her husband has been married several times.

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