Tarik Al-Ani Author

Dr. Abdul-Haq al-Ani is an Iraqi-born, British-trained barrister who served as a legal adviser on Saddam Hussein's defence 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 is author of The Trial of Saddam Hussein. Tarik Al-Ani is an architect by profession, a translator, and a researcher of Arab/Islamic issues, who has been a strong opponent of the genocidal sanctions and the wars against Iraq. He has publicly written and talked about these issues in Finland where he works and lives. Joshua Castellano is Professor of Law and Head of the Law Department, Middlesex University, UK.