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Bashir, Halima, 1979-

Tears of the desert : a memoir of survival in Darfur / a memoir of survival in Darfur / Halima Bashir with Damien Lewis. - One World Trade Paperbacks ed. - New York : One World Trade Paperbacks, 2009. - 335 p. ; 21 cm.

Originally published: 2008. With new reader's guide.

1. CHILD OF THE DESERT. The naming -- Grandma's trip to the Lost Valley -- Moon-bone madness -- Mo, Omer, and me -- The cutting time -- 2. SCHOOL OF THE DESERT. School days -- Fight school -- Resistance for Grandma -- The white eyelash attack -- Cousins in love -- Dream to be -- 3. DESERT OF FIRE. Med school -- University of Jihad -- Rumors of war -- Medicine Woman -- Accident and emergency -- Mission to Mazkhabad -- Rebel Doctor -- Black dogs and slaves -- They come for me -- A long-distance wedding -- The devil horsemen -- A time of fear -- 4. DESERT OF NO RETURN. Escape from Darfur -- The hostel of despair -- In London, in love -- Breaking the silence -- Will to live.

ISBN: 9780345510464 (pbk.) 0345510461 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2010291689

Subjects--Personal Names:
Bashir, Halima, 1979-

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Genocide--Sudan--Darfur.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Sudan--History--Darfur Conflict, 2003-
Darfur (Sudan)--Ethnic relations.
Darfur (Sudan)--History.

LC Class. No.: DT159 / .B37

Dewey Class. No.: 962.404/3 B