First-hand account of the genocide in South Darfur. Bashir was born and raised in Darfur, and went on to become a doctor. Returning home aged 24, she set up practice, but then Janjaweed Arab militants arrived. When she spoke out, she was arrested and tortured. She eventually escaped, and works towards raising awareness of the crisis.

Halima Bashir grew up in the remote deserts of Darfur, Sudan, in a loving family that was part of the black African Zaghawa tribe. She proved herself to be academically gifted and went on to be the first person in her village to qualify as a medical doctor. But then war broke out and her life spiralled into an unimaginably dark nightmare. In 2005 she finally sought asylum in the UK where she continues to speak out about the violence in Sudan. In October 2008 she won the Victor Gollancz Human Rights Prize. Halima still lives in the UK with her husband and two sons and they were all granted UK citizenship in 2008.