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Liked It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “This story is extremely compelling in its simplicity. Daoud Hari writes with a directness, a lack of guile, that draws you in without reservation. He brings to life both the beauty of the tribal life in Darfur, and the horror of the atrocities. It makes me want to be one of the American friends...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Really hits close to home for me as an activist. He risked life and limb to get the story told in order to save his people”
Ruth G wrote this review Sunday, November 1 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This book was incredibly insitefull, it again the same as "All But my Life" gave me a great idea of what the atrocities in Darfur are really like instead of the sweet news stories that are posted here in America.”
Kiersten R wrote this review Saturday, October 17 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Good book. I had to try 3 times to get into it but I trhink that was me not because of the writing which was good.”
MarleneNL wrote this review Wednesday, October 14 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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Lisa A wrote this review Thursday, October 8 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“An account of the suffering in Darfur. The author is so optimistic and simple in his writing, it is a wonderful read dispite the awful things that occur. I had to stop reading a few times because of the subject matter was so strong. ”
Marisa S wrote this review Monday, September 28 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Tragic yet optimistic. Daoud Hari's uses his knowledge of English and ability to make connections to tell the world about the horrors occurring in Darfur. This is a situation that we have heard far too little about. Thank Goodness for Daoud and all the people who helped him tell his story. You have opened my eyes.”
Erika F wrote this review Monday, September 28 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Hari, through this slim volume of186 pages, provides an eyewitness account of the madness in Darfur in 2003. Trying to avoid both the lethal Janjaweed, and Sudanese-government backed troops, Hari works as a translator in the camp at Chad, often risking his life to provide journalists with the information that a shocked world can barely comprehend. And indeed, the stories he tells seem incredible. He describes how his fellow villages were: "surrounded, burned alive, massacred from helicopters above and Janjaweed below, with only a few escaping, or few coming from other villages to find everyone dead and the bodies burned in heartbreaking positions; mothers died trying to protect their children and husbands died trying to protect their wives. Hundreds of thousands were dead. Millions were homeless."
bunnychip9 wrote this review Monday, September 28 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
There is a humanity that marks The Translator, an overwhelming sense of resilience, and the underlying echo of hope that maybe, just maybe, the world may not be as unkind as it appears to those in Darfur.
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I bring the stories to you because I know most people want others to have good lives, and, when they understand the situation, they will do what they can to steer the world back toward kindness - Daoud Hari.”
“A very powerful account of this tribesman, his family, their village and the events which occurred.”
Jantina wrote this review Wednesday, September 2 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“A very quick read which sheds some light on some of the genocides in Africa. I read the entire book during a 3 hour flight. Recommended for a quick glimpse into how bad the world can be”
Brad N wrote this review Friday, August 28 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
