Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Sajida Chairallah Talfah was the first wife and first cousin of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, and mother of two sons (Uday and Qusay), and three daughters (Raghad, Rana, and Hala). She is the oldest daughter of Khairallah Talfah. She has been married to Saddam in an arranged marriage since 1963. Before marrying, she was a primary school teacher. She was placed under house arrest in 1997 for plotting an assassination attempt of her son, Uday, in December 1996. Since April 2003, Sajida Talfah has fled Iraq, possibly to Syria. See also Samira Shahbandar, Saddam's second wife Nidal al-Hamdani, Saddam's third wife External links Fled: from USA Today. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.