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2 Apr 2024


NextImg:Saddam Hussein’s granddaughter surfaces at glitzy Cartier bash after years in exile

The granddaughter of Saddam Hussein emerged from her quiet exile for a glitzy bash hosted by Cartier in Dubai.

Hareer Hussein Kamel was shown hobnobbing with other well-heeled guests at the brand’s gathering in the United Arab Emerites, according to a video on her Instagram account.

In one frame, she posed with a glam snap with two uniform-clad workers from the storied jewelry maison.

Hareer Hussein Karem posed at a Cartier party in Dubai recently. Hareer Hussein Kamel 369 / Instagram

Hussain Kamel and her mother, Raghad Hussein, were granted asylum in Jordan in 2003, after the US invaded Iraq.

The mother and daughter are still believed to be living under the protection of the Jordanian royal family.

Hussain Kamel’s Instagram is mostly posts praising her late grandfather, who was found guilty of crimes against humanity and executed in December 2006.

Husseim Kamel’s grandfather was the late Saddam Hussein. AFP

“May your soul rest in peace,” she captioned one post;

On another post, Hussein Kamel added the hashtag “#dontmesswithmyfamily.”

During his nearly 25-year-long regime, Saddam Hussein and his Baath Party asserted their dominance through extreme violence and subjugation – including the 1982 massacre of 142 Iraqi Shi’a Muslims.

Hussein Kamel’s father, Hussein Kamel al-Majid, defected from his father-in-law’s stronghold in 1995.

He returned to Iraq after being assured he was safe — but then killed in a firefight, allegedly by Saddam’s security forces, shortly after arriving in the country.

Hareer Hussein Kamel looked carefree as she socialized in Dubai. Hareer Hussein Kamel 369 / Instagram

Despite the conflict between her father and grandfather, Husseim Kamel frequently pays tribute to both men on her social media.

“You have a place in my heart like that laughter that never disappears,” she wrote underneath a childhood photo shared to commemorate the anniversary of her father’s killing.

Hussein Kamel’s cameo at the Cartier event comes just a few years after her mother appeared on the satellite channel Al Arabiya and expressed an interest in returning to Iraq and entering politics.

Many of the women in Saddam Hussein’s family were granted asylum in Jordan in 2003. AP

A few years earlier, an article in Der Spiegel accused Raghad Hussein of using her multi-million dollar fortune to prop up the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the jihadist group that emerged in the wake of the US invasion.

As of 2018, Raghad Hussein was listed on the Iraqi government’s most wanted list alongside 29 suspected ISIL fighters, 12 alleged Al-Qaeda members, and 20 Baath party members, Al Jazeera reported.

Cartier did not immediately return The Post’s request for a comment about the Dubai party.