NUSADAILY.COM – JAKARTA – The name Saddam Hussein, the former president of Iraq, is well known. However, not many know that she married Sajida Talfah in the practice of incest.
Reporting from intisari.grid.id, Saddam Hussein’s and Sajida Talfah’s marriage was an arranged marriage, negotiated by their parents when they were not yet ten years old.
This kind of matchmaking is said to be quite common in many Muslim countries. However, Sajida is also Saddam’s uncle’s daughter, making them an incestuous couple.
The couple married around 1963 and later had five children: Uday, Qusay, Raghad, Rana, and Hala. In general, Sajida, who had been a school teacher before marrying her cousin, rejoices with the social status that her husband’s high position brings in the Iraqi government.
At that time, Sajida Talfah wore designer clothes from Europe, wore expensive jewelery, and dyed her dark hair blonde.
One woman who met the Iraqi first lady noted that because she dreams of becoming a woman with light skin. So she covered her face with so much powder.
The shop owner in Baghdad allegedly feared Saddam’s wife’s visit because she rarely paid full price to buy anything. Other accounts claim that Sajida is as cruel and greedy as her husband.
Public Image of Sajida Talfah
Saddam was careful to make sure only positive photos of himself as a cherishing father and husband were released to the press, claiming in one 1978 interview.The most important thing about marriage is that a man shouldn’t let a woman feel oppressed just because he is a woman and she is. is a man.
Of course, like most of the others Saddam showed to the outside world, this reverence for Sajida Talfa turned out to be a fake. (aka)
