The Translator

Critics

• Less mighty than the sword

  When Daoud Hari was a boy, the villages of northern Darfur were peaceful places. He had a camel called Kelgi, to which he was much attached, and a vast clan of Zaghawa traditional tribal herdsmen as cousins. Sent away to school in El Fasher, he devel ... (read full critics)

  spectator published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

• The Translator By Daoud Hari

  How is it that despite an international outcry, the displacement of nearly two million people and the murder of upwards of half a million more continues to this day in Darfur? "[E]ven though some people think Darfur is simple genocide," Daoud Hari wr ... (read full critics)

  bookpage published on Wed, 15 Sep 2010

3 Reviews

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  Daud Hari

  I was interested in the subject of Darfur and am grateful this man risked himself to get the firsthand message out. It isn't a brilliantly written book, but the subject matter is compelling and a must read for the compassionate.

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  Dawnfairy said on Dec 29, 2008 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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  I enjoyed this book a lot, from the human point of view and also probably because it tells a story of a colleague of mine: a translator (or interpreter, better said).

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  Benedetta said on Sep 5, 2008 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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  Daoud Hari is from Darfur and as war came to his village his family encouraged him to fight not with a gun but with his education. With his ability to translate, Daoud worked to help as many journalist and government officials as possible tell the story of what was happening to his people and his co ... (continue)

  Daoud Hari is from Darfur and as war came to his village his family encouraged him to fight not with a gun but with his education. With his ability to translate, Daoud worked to help as many journalist and government officials as possible tell the story of what was happening to his people and his country despite the very real threat to his own life. Yet I doubt that any reporter could tell the world the heartbreaking truth of the genocide that has and is occurring in Darfur as eloquently as Daoud Hari does himself in this book.

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  Icedream said on Feb 11, 2008 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 224 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0141037008
• ISBN-13: 9780141037004
• Publisher: Random House
• Pub date: Jan 01, 2008
• Also available as: Hardcover, Others and eBook

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