Tears of the desert : a memoir of survival in Darfur / Halima Bashir with Damien Lewis.
Tears of the desert : a memoir of survival in Darfur / Halima Bashir with Damien Lewis.
By
:
Bashir, Halima, 1979-
Publication Date
:
2008
Publication Information
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Toronto : HarperCollins,
Edition
:
1st Canadian ed.
Physical Description
:
367 p.
Subject Term
:
Women physicians -- Sudan -- Darfur -- Biography.
Rape victims -- Sudan -- Darfur -- Biography.
Genocide -- Sudan -- Darfur.
Geographic Term
:
Sudan -- History -- Darfur Conflict, 2003-
Darfur (Sudan) -- Biography.
Additional Contributors
:
Lewis, Damien.
Summary
:
Tears of the Desert is Halima’s tale, told in her own words and framed by her love for her new son. It is a wrenching portrait of a young girl’s innocence lost, of a family and a people destroyed, of the endemic discrimination against black African Sudanese by their Arab compatriots, and of the senseless violence that erupted and continues unabated today. It is Dr. Bashir’s belief that these words should be shared with readers so that the world will know about the conflict in Darfur and about the horrific violence that is occurring between fellow Muslims. This is Halima Bashir’s story, but it is also the story of a nation that is ripping itself to pieces.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9781554681785
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