Tears of the Desert One Woman's True Story of Surviving the Horrors of Darfur. Winner of the Victor-Gollancz-Preis 2008

This is a brave book . . . [Halima] leaves us with hope and awe in the face of her courage. Mia Farrow

This is a brave book ... [Halima] leaves us with hope and awe in the face of her courage. -- Mia Farrow 'The genocide in Darfur has found its Anne Frank ... TEARS OF THE DESERT is a searingly frank testimonial of a war crime that deserves all our attention.' -- Tim Butcher, author of Blood River vivid, poignant and brutally candid -- Washington Post A harrowing and beautifully written tale of a rich life, untold suffering and impossible hope told from the heart of a fellow African sister. -- Mende Nazer, author of Slave and Freedom This memoir helps keep the Darfur tragedy open as a wound not yet healed. -- Elie Wiesel A rare glimpse behind the statistics into the personal horror of Darfur. TV news too easily turns the whole nation into anonymous victims; Damien and Halima remind us they are people. -- David Loyn, BBC Foreign Correspondent Halima's story is fantastic and exhausting ... I can see and hear and feel the people and places she describes. -- Lisa Blaker, author of Heart of Darfur Halima Bashir has bared her soul to help stop the bleeding of her people in Darfur. Attention must be paid. -- John Prendergast, co-chair of the ENOUGH Project and co-author of Not on Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond