Tears of the Desert ~ Halima Bashir

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Worth reading: Yes, certainly.

Summary: Halima was born in Darfur. This is her story of how her peaceful life was destroyed by the genocide that is occuring still, in Darfur province of Sudan. She talks about her life as a small girl growing up in the security of her small village, of her doting father, and fierce grandmother. She has the opportunity to go to school and from there to University where she becomes a Doctor.
Her world is then turned upside down when the Sudanese Government starts to destroy it's own citizens.
Halima's story is a shocking and sad one. One that continues for thousands of Sudanese refugees.