Tears of the desert : one woman's true story of surviving the horrors of Darfur
Bashir, Halima2008
Books, Manuscripts
Halima Bashir was born in Sudan. She left to study medicine, and returned as their first qualified doctor. Janjaweed Arab militias began savagely assaulting her people. She treated the traumatised victims. After speaking to a Sudanese newspaper and to the UN charities, the secret police came for her, interrogating and torturing her.
Main title:
Tears of the desert : one woman's true story of surviving the horrors of Darfur / Halima Bashir with Damien Lewis.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2008.
Collation:
384 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780340963562 (hbk)0340963565 (hbk)
Dewey class:
962.7'043'092920.BAS962.7043920.BASH920.962.404309920920BAS962.7
Local class:
962.704B BAS
Language:
English
Subject:
Bashir, HalimaBashir, Halima, 1979-Physicians -- Sudan -- Darfur -- BiographyWomen physicians -- Sudan -- Darfur -- BiographyRefugees -- Sudan -- Darfur -- BiographyWomen refugees -- Sudan -- Darfur -- BiographySudan -- History -- Darfur Conflict, 2003-Bashir, Halima -- BiographySudan -- HistoryGenocide
BRN:
315223
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