About the Author

Dr. Abdul-Haq al-Ani is an Iraqi-born, British-trained barrister who served as legal adviser on Saddam Hussein's defense to his daughter, Raghad Saddam Hussein. Called to the Bar in 1996, he also holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and a Diploma in International Studies from the University of London. Founding editor of The Arab Review, he has written widely on culture, politics and religion. He joined the Ba'ath Party while in his teens, but left it in disappointment a few years later, prior to the Ba'ath Party assuming power in 1968.

Dr. Abdul-Haq al-Ani is an Iraqi-born, British-trained barrister who served as legal adviser on Saddam Hussein's defense to his daughter, Raghad Saddam Hussein. Called to the Bar in 1996, he also holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and a Diploma in International Studies from the University of London. Founding editor of The Arab Review, he has written widely on culture, politics and religion. He joined the Ba'ath Party while in his teens, but left it in disappointment a few years later, prior to the Ba'ath Party assuming power in 1968.

Dr. Abdul-Haq al-Ani is an Iraqi-born, British-trained barrister who served as a legal adviser on Saddam Hussein's defense to his daughter, Raghad Saddam Hussein. Called to the Bar in 1996, he also holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and a Diploma in International Studies from the University of London. Founding editor of The Arab Review, he has written widely on culture, politics and religion. He joined the Ba'ath party while in his his teens, but left it in disappointment a few years later, prior to the Ba'ath Party assuming power in 1968. He has lived in Scandinavia and then Britain for twenty years