He considers creating a party to support him, for example, but is afraid of fomenting rivalry between the party and senior political officials and military officers. He wonders whether the people will honor or desecrate his corpse after he dies. The people need strict measures so that they can feel protected by this strictness. In a passage, Zabibah is raped, an action US official believes refers to the US invasion of Iraq during the 1991 Gulf War. Her husband is also killed on the same day, January 17, the day the US-led coalition began bombing Baghdad.
Honor is linked to a woman s purity, making rape worse than murder.
In it's final chapter, the book describes an attempt to modernize the regime by allowing more free speech through a popular assembly, but all of the speakers are discredited. Terms of Service . TV Ads .