Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Saddam Hussein, the late President of Iraq, wrote four novels, either personally or with the help of ghostwriters. Zabibah and the King , written in 2000, is a novel that the CIA believes was written by Saddam Hussein, probably with the help of some ghostwriters. The plot is a love story about a powerful ruler of medieval Iraq and a beautiful commoner girl named Zabiba. Zabiba''s husband is a cruel and unloving man who rapes her. The book is set in 7th or 8th century Tikrit, Hussein''s home town.