Alice B. reviewed on 10/20/2020 + 3558 more book reviews

This was well a written and vivid description of the horrors of the genocide in Darfur. Thoughtful and intense with emotion. I finished it several days ago and still think of some of the horrors he described. There is one intensely gripping scene of a father and his little girl who runs to him only to be stabbed. She continues to cry out to him as she is dying. There is another touching scene where he talks to some of the boys holding him captive. It is good to think about their lack of choices in life (and many others we condemn point blank without realizing the horror they grow up in). He describes how, through words he starts to massage some of the humanity back into their soul. Very touching and a good reminder that kindness, education and opportunity would do more to end the horrors of this world than all the armies. It might be nice if we listened more to men like Ghandi and Martin Luther King Jr instead of our eye for an eye mentality. Daoud is aboslutely amazing with the courage he shows not just shuttling journalists but staying when he could have left, knowing he would certainly face torture. Amazing.

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