<![CDATA[The Translator: A Memoir]]>

false <![CDATA[The Translator: A Memoir]]> 2532618 15 I am the translator who has taken journalists into dangerous Darfur. It is my intention now to take you there in this book, if you have the courage to come with me. The young life of Daoud Hari–his friends call him David–has been one of bravery and mesmerizing adventure. He is a living witness to the brutal genocide under way in Darfur. The Translator is a suspenseful, harrowing, and deeply moving memoir of how one person has made a difference in the world–an on-the-ground account of one of the biggest stories of our time. Using his high school knowledge of languages as his weapon–while others around him were taking up arms–Daoud Hari has helped inform the world about Darfur. Hari, a Zaghawa tribesman, grew up in a village in the Darfur region of Sudan. As a child he saw colorful weddings, raced his camels across the desert, and played games in the moonlight after his work was done. In 2003, this traditional life was shattered when helicopter gunships appeared over Darfur’s villages, followed by Sudanese-government-backed militia groups attacking on horseback, raping and murdering citizens and burning villages. Ancient hatreds and greed for natural resources had collided, and the conflagration spread. Though Hari’s village was attacked and destroyedhis family decimated and dispersed, he himself escaped. Roaming the battlefield deserts on camels, he and a group of his friends helped survivors find food, water, and the way to safety. When international aid groups and reporters arrived, Hari offered his services as a translator and guide. In doing so, he risked his life again and again, for the government of Sudan had outlawed journalists in the region, and death was the punishment for those who aided the “foreign spies.” And then, inevitably, his luck ran out and he was captured. . . . The Translator tells the remarkable story of a man who came face-to-face with genocide– time and again risking his own life to fight injustice and save his people. 3087622 18 3 2008 The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur total:490|5:178|4:193|3:98|2:19|1:2| 490 1996 918 188 5 2 false false Wed Jun 25 15:00:38 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 15:00:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 16:45:52 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 04:32:03 -0700 2008
This approach allows Hari to enga...more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 20:44:26 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 11 01:27:23 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 09:52:17 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 09:58:45 -0700 2008
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I feel that this book panders to soft-hearted Americans. There are numerous times Hari mentions how "good" the American people are. It is not that we aren't or that we are, or that Hari shouldn't be grateful (for,...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 19:37:51 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 10:53:54 -0800 2009
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I finished the book yesterday. As I was reading, I went upstairs to finish a load of laundry. I noticed that large black stains had emerged on one my nicest white dresses. I became angry and then saddened by my response. Here I was looking at ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 14:37:53 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 09:54:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 20:24:55 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 09:17:10 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 22 18:48:43 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 18:48:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 15:15:13 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 15:16:12 -0800 2009 1
Daoud Hari tells his story...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Nov 25 17:41:53 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 17:47:24 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4494945