Darfur

About the Book

This is about the truth about the Darfur genocide and the struggle of its freedom fighters and people as told by one of this.

About the Author

Bahar Arabie, also known as Bahreldin Ibrahim Arabie, is a linguist and occasional radio journalist. He was born in 1957, in the Darfur region of the Sudan had his early education in the schools of Dar Zaghawa of Northern Darfur, and secondary and high school education in Alfashir the capital city of Darfur. In 1977 left Darfur for Khartoum where he had his higher education and training as a social worker. It was while in High school that he became fascinated with the English word and prose, and decided to pursue a career in translation and interpretation field in the later years. In 1982 he left Sudan for Nigeria, and lived and worked there close to two decades. It was while in Nigeria he became involved with the struggle of the marginalized people of Darfur, and became a freedom fighter, in the process he put himself on the line and on more than an occasion nearly got killed. He was in the thick of the events in Darfur during the years from 2003 to 2005, and witnessed the atrocities committed by the regime in Khartoum. This suits him to tell the story of the genocide and the struggle of the marginalized. In 2006 he traveled to USA to create awareness among the American public, this book is part of that effort. Bahar Arabie is married with eight children, and lives in Maryland, USA. He can be reached at : yakesie@yahoo.com