A review by annayareads
Tears of the Desert: A Memoir of Survival in Darfur by Halima Bashir

dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

5.0

My heart is definitely with the Sudanese people. It is horrific to think that so much of what Halima describes is still true with the RSF troops to this day. I also want to say that I was struck by how familiar anti-Blackness was in her life story. Obviously, we grew up thousands of miles apart and in different decades, but the racism she experienced was familiar. The colorism, texturism, etc felt so familiar to me. I know the "Black community" is a contentious term for pretty good reason (we're not a monolith etc etc). However, I can't ignore how our struggles are different and yet ultimately the same no matter where we are.