Tears of the Desert, A Memoir of Survival in Darfur by Halima Bashir with Damien Lewis is utterly amazing and one of the best books I’ve read all year. This is one of those books that looks beyond the numbers of 2.5 million people displaced, 400,000 killed, and women and children raped in the ongoing [...]
Of Beetles & Angels, A Boy’s Remarkable Journey From a Refugee Camp to Harvard by Mawi Asgedom is the story of just how far hard work and dedication can take you in life. This is a non-fiction read geared for ages 9-12.
At the age of four, Asgedom’s family was forced from their war ravaged home [...]
Darfur Diaries: Stories of Survival by Jen Marlowe was written after the success of the documentary film of the same name. The documentary was filmed by three activist students who visited the refugee camps in eastern Chad and then snuck across the border into Darfur, Sudan to film evidence and testimony from Darfurians about the [...]
Well, it’s been one whole week! I really wanted to get this update out yesterday but have found myself just plain tired.
THANK YOU to everybody who has gotten involved in raising awareness and funds for Darfur. Be it from your encouraging words, blogging about it, putting buttons in sidebars, and reading books or watching videos [...]
The Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness to the Genocide in Darfur by Brian Steidle and co-written with his sister Gretchen Steidle Wallace was simply heartbreaking.
When Brian Steidle retired from the Marines, he started looking for a job in which he could utilize his military skills. While browsing the classifieds, he came upon an ad [...]
