Tears of the desert
Subtitle: a memoir of survival in Darfur
By: Halima Bashir with Damien Lewis
Contributors: Lewis, Damien
Edition: 1st Canadian ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
ISBN-13: 9781554681785; 9781554681792
Subjects: Sudanese Personal narratives; History; Women physicians; Biography; Rape victims; Soudan; Récits personnels soudanais; Histoire; Femmes médecins; Biographies; Victimes de viol
Table of contents: title: Part One. Child of the Desert. The naming; title: Grandma's trip to the lost valley; title: Moon-bone madness; title: Mo, Omer and me; title: The cutting time; title: Part Two. School of the Desert. School days; title: Fight school; title: Resistance for grandma; title: The white eyelash attack; title: Cousins in love; title: Dream to be; title: Part Three. Desert of Fire. Medical school; title: University of Jihad; title: Rumours of war; title: Medecine women; title: Accident and emergency; title: Mission to Mazkhabad; title: Rebel doctor; title: Black dogs abd slaves; title: They come for me; title: A long-distance wedding; title: The devil horsemen; title: A time of fear; title: Part Four. Desert of No Return. Escape from Darfur; title: The hostel of despair; title: In London, in love; title: Breaking the silence; title: Will to live; title: Epilogue.