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Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein: Based on a True Story - Roy, Jennifer, and Fadhil, Ali
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Video game villains and real-life dictators dominate daily life for eleven-year-old Ali Ali Fadhil has very simple likes and dislikes. It is 1991 in Iraq and all Ali wants to do is read his comics and play football and video games. But President Saddam Hussein has other plans. After he invades neighbouring Kuwait, the U.S. and their allies launch Operation Desert Storm to force him out. Over the next forty-three days, Ali and his family would survive bombings, food shortages and constant fear. Cinematic and timely, this is ...

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Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein: Based on a True Story 2019, Clarion Books

ISBN-13: 9780358108825

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Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein: Based on a True Story 2018, Clarion Books, Boston, Ma

ISBN-13: 9780544785076

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Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein: Based on a True Story 2018, Rock the Boat, London

ISBN-13: 9781786074669

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