Author

Contributions

  • Lewis, Damien - Contributor

Publication

2008 - Hodder & Stoughton, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

91,750 words, Guess

Page Count

367 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC962.7043092
  • LCCDT159.6.D27 B37 2008

Description

Halima Bashir was born in Sudan. She left to study medicine, & returned as her tribe's first qualified doctor. Janjaweed Arab militias began savagely assaulting her people. She treated the traumatised victims. After speaking to a Sudanese newspaper & to the UN charities, the secret police came for her, interrogating & torturing her.

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Other Editions

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