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DAOUD HARI discusses The Translator: A Tribesman’s Memoir of Darfur in conversation with co-author Megan McKenna $5 tickets on sale now.
Harvard Book Store is honored to welcome Sudanese tribesman DAOUD HARI and co-author MEGAN MCKENNA as they tell Hari's story of what has been happening to the people of Darfur.
Hari, a Zaghawa tribesman, grew up in a village in the Darfur region of Sudan. As a child he raced camels across the desert and played games in the moonlight after his work was done. In 2003, this traditional life was shattered when helicopter gunships appeared over Darfur’s villages, followed by Sudanese-government-backed militia groups attacking on horseback, raping and murdering citizens, and burning villages. Ancient hatreds and greed for natural resources had collided, and the conflagration spread. Fleeing through the desert, Hari reached safety across the border. There he chose to use his high school English and offer himself as a guide and translator to The New York Times, NBC, the BBC, and other media organizations, as well as to the United Nations and other aid groups. In doing so, he returned to the heart of darkness, risking his life again and again to help ensure that the story of his people was told. "I am the translator who has taken journalists into dangerous Darfur. It is my intention now to take you there in this book, if you have the courage to come with me." -Daoud Hari
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Tuesday, April 1st |
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7:00 PM |
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First Parish Church Meetinghouse
On the corner of Mass. Ave. and Church St.
Cambridge |
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Tickets for this event are $5 and may be purchased at Harvard Book Store or over the phone with a credit card (617-661-1515). Please note that your $5 ticket may be redeemed for $5 off a single item at the event or at Harvard Book Store for one month following the event. |
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Daoud Hari was born in the Darfur region of Sudan. After
escaping an attack on his village, he entered the refugee camps in Chad and
began serving as a translator for major news organizations including The New
York Times, NBC, and the BBC, as well as the United Nations and
other aid groups. He now lives in the United States and was part of
SaveDarfur.org's Voices from Darfur tour.
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Megan McKenna has worked for more than 10 years as a writer and advocate for women and children caught in war or struggling to overcome poverty and injustice in their countries. Before this work with international non-governmental organizations, she was a reporter in Washington, DC. Ms. McKenna has a master's degree in international affairs from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and a B.A. from the University of Michigan.
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