Tears of the Desert

Like the single white eyelash that graces her row of dark lashes seen by her people as a mark of good fortune Halima Bashir s story stands out Tears of the Desert is the first memoir ever written by a woman caught up in the war in Darfur It is a survivor s tale of a conflicted country, a resilient people, and the uncompromising spirit of a young woman who refused to be silenced.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 politically astute man, Halima s father saw to it that his daughter received a good education away from their rural surroundings Halima excelled in her studies and exams, surpassing even the privileged Arab girls who looked down their noses at the black Africans With her love of learning and her father s support, Halima went on to study medicine, and at twenty four became her village s first formal doctor.Yet not even the symbol of good luck that dotted her eye could protect her from the encroaching conflict that would consume her land Janjaweed Arab militias started savagely assaulting the Zaghawa, often with the backing of the Sudanese military Then, in early 2004, the Janjaweed attacked Bashir s village and surrounding areas, raping forty two schoolgirls and their teachers Bashir, who treated the traumatized victims, some as young as eight years old, could no longer remain quiet But breaking her silence ignited a horrifying turn of events.In this harrowing and heartbreaking account, Halima Bashir sheds light on the hundreds of thousands of innocent lives being eradicated by what is fast becoming one of the most terrifying genocides of the twenty first century Raw and riveting, Tears of the Desert is than just a memoir it is Halima Bashir s global call to action. Read Tears of the Desert By Halima Bashir – kino-fada.fr If you are a pc sort of person, this book is going to piss you off no end No nation or religious group is allowed to be blamed for anything its members might do unless the national or religious designation is qualified with the words, fundamentalist , extremist or similar, so that we all may know that the other nationals or co religionists are not themselves terrorists and do not support such actions This applies even when we know they do by their attendance at rallies, their votes for pol If you are a pc sort of person, this book is going to piss you off no end No nation or religious group is allowed to be blamed for anything its members might do unless the na...This is not for the faint hearted.An autobiographical account of the war in the Darfur region of Sudan, seen through the eyes of a woman who becomes a doctor The book starts very gently, depicting the beautiful community in which Halima grows up Her village is filled with characters and steeped in her Zaghawa culture The community collectively raise children, neighbours and relatives are all closely involved in everyone s life Perhaps in the west we would find this intrusive but it is portra This is not for the faint hearted.An autobiographical account of the war in the Darfur region of Sudan, seen through the eyes of a woman who becomes a doctor The book starts very gently, depicting the beautiful community in which Halima grows up Her village is filled with characters and steeped in her Zaghawa culture The community collectively raise children, neighbours and relatives are all closely involved in everyone s life Perhaps in the west we would find this intrusive but it is portray...When I really enjoy a book I will add a passage into my little review as I will do here The war continued on during my final year at university she is studying to become a medical doctor rare for a black African from the bush in her country and war seemed to have overridden everything, making years of study seem somehow so irrelevant My final year tutor tried to encourage me I had attended each and every one of my lectures and he knew that I stood to ...If ever there was a book that fit the description life changing than this is that book Dr Bashir writes elegantly about her idealic almost too fantasticly perfect youth and upbringing in the as yet war torn southern Sudan Her peaceful, intelligent and wealthy father Her quiet and nurturing mother and her traditional and fierce, warrior of a grandmother all live in harmony with nature and each other Then like a sudden thunderbolt her peace is shattered not by war but the insiduous tradit If ever there was a book that fit the description life changing than this is that book Dr Bashir writes elegantly about her idealic almost too fantasticly perfect youth and upbringing in the as yet war torn southern Sudan Her peaceful, intelligent and wealthy father Her quiet and nurturing mother and her traditional and fierce, warr...I highly recommend this book to all those wishing to knowabout the Darfur Conflict Darfur Genocide that began in 2003 The Sudan Liberation Movement SLM accuse the Sudanese government of oppressing non Arab Sudanese, i.e the black Africans of Sudan When Britain left Sudan they left it in the hands of the Arabs The guerrilla conflict is between the blacks and the Arabs of Sudan The Arabs had been a nomadic people, the blacks were farmers With the support of the Sudanese government, I highly recommend this book to all those wishing to knowabout the Darfur Conflict Darfur Genocide that began in 2003 The Sudan Liberation Movement SLM accuse the Sudanese government of oppressing non Arab Sudanese, i.e the black Africans of Sudan When Britain left Sudan they ...The writing skills arethan adequate but not at a 5 star level, but little else could push me to cut this one from the full load reward Good Earth, and Snowflower and the Secret Fan territory here.Halima tells her own life s story in this non fiction memoir of her girlhood in Darfur and the events she experienced until 2011 No spoilers, and that is no easy feat But this book holds incredible honesty from the heart AND from the intellect.Reading like an Anthropology Ethnography of her Zag The writing skills arethan adequate but not at a 5 star level, but little else could push me to cut this one from the full load reward Good Earth, and Snowflower and the Secret Fan territory here.Halima tells her own life s story in this non fiction memoir of her girlhood in Darfur and the events she experienced until 2011 No spoilers, and that is no easy feat But this book holds incredible honesty from the heart AND from the intellect.Reading like an Anthropology Ethnography of her Zaghawa tribe from the Sudanese desert, it yet reveals stupendous levels of detail and base cognition of her own world Not only hers, but that of her clan 3 basic clans make up the whole of the Zaghawa The de...i knew little about darfur and the conflict there before i read this book i would say it s an easy way to learn about the general relations and cause of conflict in the country, tied up in a very disturbing and personal account of one woman s life before and during the genocide i cannot imagine the amount of courage it must have taken halima bashir to write this book you cannot help but be moved by this book not only will it shock yo...Words escape me right now This woman s story is one of the most tragic I have ever read in my life My God, human endurance knows no boundsAll I can say is read this bookThis review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here I have a review due tomorrow morning and I m stuck because I know that there is nothing that I can say that will do this memoir justice I finished this three days ago and have been walking around with this story resonating in my soul like a bell tone that refuses to fade The book is beautifully written, when Bashir tells of her life in Sudan before the genocide began you can not only see Africa, but hear and smell it as well The Darfur of Bashir s childhood, while not easy by our standards, I have a review due tomorrow morning and I m stuck because I know that there is nothing that I can say that will do this memoir justice I finished this three days ago and have been walking around with this story resonating in my soul like a bell tone that refuses to fade The book is beautifully written, when Bashir tells of her life in Sudan before the genocide began you can not only see Africa, but hear and smell it as well The Darfur of Bashir s childhood, while not easy by our standards, was a beautiful, magical, loving place and the reader feels as if they are there In tur...Wow Another story of our AFrican brothers and sisters killing each other 1 This was a poignant first person account of Bashir s middle class albeit village her Dad had houses in the nearby town hundreds of livestock,a Landrover the first TV in the village idealistic family oriented upbring A feisty young lady bestowed with a lucky charm of a white eyelash Halima was the first girl in her village to attend elementary school and highschool in the city This book showed that many Muslim societies i W...

• English
• 25 March 2017
Halima Bashir
• Hardcover
• 316 pages
• 0345506251
• Halima Bashir
• Tears of the Desert