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Damien lewis a sudanese doctor describes the horrors of the civil war between black africans and the arabled sudanese government as she relates her outrage over the treatment of female prisoners, the retaliation. Born into the zaghawa tribe in the sudanese desert, halima was doted on by her father, a cattle herder, and kept in line by her formidable grandmother. A memoir of survival in darfur halima bashir, damien. Tears of the desert is a searingly frank testimonial of a war crime that deserves all our attention. My true story, 2004, bashir begins with her mostly happy childhood in a small village in the western desert. Raw and riveting, tears of the desert is the first memoir ever written by a woman caught up in the war in darfur. Reviewed by peter class of 2010 in the tears of the desert, halima bashir tells the story of surviving in darfur.
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