[5] Kamel Hana Gegeo, Hussein's valet, food taster and friend, introduced Samira to him.
[11] Sajida was extremely jealous and angry when she found out about his mistress, and her brother Adnan Khairallah complained.
In October 1988, during a party, Uday Hussein murdered Kamel Hana Gegeo in front of horrified guests.
[14] Her character was featured heavily in the plot of BBC adaptation of House of Saddam and was played by Australian actress Christine Stephen-Daly.
In a 2007 Al Riyadh interview, Ali Al-Nida Husein Al-Omar, chief of the Bejat subtribe of Al-Bu Nasir, was asked about Saddam's son from Samira Shahbandar.