Speaking Out Under Saddam Hussein

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Since the end of Saddam Hussein's rule, many dreadful stories of people punished for speaking out under his regime have come to light. Mishun Abdel Ghani was a senior manager of the Central Bank who expressed concern about the erratic behaviour of Saddam's son-in-law, for which she spent five years in prison, without trial. She tells the programme what happened. How one of South Africa's best-loved couples, Walter and Albertina Sisulu, reversed gender roles. And is a mummy found in Egypt the legendary Queen Nefertiti?