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Tears of the Desert: A Memoir of Survival in Darfur by Halima Bashir
4 reviews
bookreviewswithkb's review
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Torture, Genocide, Rape, War, and Sexual violence
wafflesandmuffins's review against another edition
4.5
The sad thing is that the terrible things the janjaweed did back then are exactly what they are doing in Khartoum and in Darfur as of recently . It's heartbreaking. Nothing have changed. It's also ironic that the Sudanese government and Janjaweed committed atrocities in Darfur back then and now they are fighting each other in Khartoum.
What I wasn't aware of was the deep colorism and racism that the African tribes faced from the Arabs. As if we aren't all black at the end of the day..sigh.
Graphic: Death, Rape, Racism, Sexual violence, Child death, and Genocide
writingcaia's review against another edition
5.0
This is but one story that tells of the genocide in Darfur of the Black Muslims.
It starts with a happy childhood, marked with some difficulty accepting some of the traditions of her people, followed by learning the hate from the Arabic Muslims in school, to becoming a doctor among the political tumult and stories of attacks to villages, to Halima being persecuted by working in a hospital and helping others like her, and all that so many suffered in Darfur, to finally after a long period in the U.K. being granted asylum.
I barely remember this happening, and it’s so horrible to perceive how outside, these people, these stories are just numbers and letters on a newscast, but not anymore, not after this book.
Graphic: Sexual violence, War, Child death, Colonisation, Death of parent, Deportation, Genocide, Racism, Animal death, Hate crime, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Classism
betag1013's review
4.75
Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Animal death, Death, Body horror, Stalking, Confinement, Chronic illness, Classism, Murder, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Medical content, Rape, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Abandonment, War, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Child death, Colonisation, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Police brutality, Pregnancy, and Racism