Saddam Hussein’s regime banned physicians from leaving Iraq.

Evidence

Her grades suffered. The school noticed her absences and informed her parents, whose frustrations with her increased. Something had to be done, her father said. Her parents talked it over and decided to send Lina with her mother and sister to Iraq for forty days that summer. It would be Lina’s first trip since a forgotten visit when she was six years old. But it couldn’t be a family trip, since her father would not accompany them. Not only had his criticisms of the regime years earlier put him in danger, but Saddam had also banned any physician from leaving the country. If he were to cross the border, he would never be able to leave. — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 611

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• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 611