https://padlet.com/roesl056/xfujhoolp16c86qz Made with joy en-us 2021-03-23 01:39:56 UTC 2023-01-19 06:19:17 UTC hello@padlet.com roesl056 https://padlet.com/roesl056/xfujhoolp16c86qz/wish/1340817984 Darfur is the province in which Halima's village is located, and the setting of the bulk of the book so far. It is very important to acknowledge this place as central in Halima's life, not only because she grew up there. It is also important because this region plays a large role in defining Halima's actions and internal conflicts. She would like to venture out in the world and become something different. However, she cannot but help acknowledge the view that others from her home have of her for diverging from tradition. I think it is oftentimes tradition that ends up holding people back from their true potential, as it almost did Halima. It is brought up multiple times how she considered staying to be a normal village wife, but chose otherwise. Despite the abuse she suffered at the hands of "tradition," she remained part of her village and people to help others. It is her ability to separate from this place, yet stay connected to it for altruistic reasons that highlights the backbone, resolve, and yet kindness that she has in life.]]> 2021-03-23 01:41:42 UTC https://padlet.com/roesl056/xfujhoolp16c86qz/wish/1340817984 roesl056 https://padlet.com/roesl056/xfujhoolp16c86qz/wish/1340851153 2021-03-23 01:53:44 UTC https://padlet.com/roesl056/xfujhoolp16c86qz/wish/1340851153 roesl056 https://padlet.com/roesl056/xfujhoolp16c86qz/wish/1340877093 This is where Halima first experienced the world outside of her village. Apart from her grandmother's hand, it is where she first encountered adversity at large. Due to this, it is also where Halima began to develop her views on the state of Sudan and its people. There is seen to be a large gap between Arabic and black African people in wealth, and so, class. According to Halima's father, this gap was formed and then widened because the British colonialists left power in the hands of the Arabic peoples.  Considering how large the wealth gap is, with black Africans living in villages or mud huts and Arabic people living in modern homes, this seems plausible. It could have been that, while tribes like the Zaghawa resisted British colonialists, the Arabic people may have been able to somehow work with the British to meet their own ends and be ingrained with more western culture. With closer ties to the British, the British would then have left power in the hands of the Arabic people. When looking at how visibly lines are described between tribes in the book, it is easy to see how divisions without much of a gap but with prejudice would have existed long before British rule. It would only make sense, then, that with these visible lines and prejudice, the race or tribe that could seize power would exploit it for its own peoples' gain. This would snowball into the state of Sudan described by Halima.]]> 2021-03-23 02:04:28 UTC https://padlet.com/roesl056/xfujhoolp16c86qz/wish/1340877093 roesl056 https://padlet.com/roesl056/xfujhoolp16c86qz/wish/1340916941 This is the place in which many refugees sought shelter from the fist of the Jihadist regime of Sudan. The regime attacked anyone and everyone thought to possibly have even a single thin connection to the rebels. This involved destroying entire villages. Families were needlessly targeted in a war that they had no part in. This led many to flee to Chad. Halima and her father even talk about fleeing to Chad. Her mother and grandmother are opposed to such an idea for reasons that only those that have lived their lives could understand. They have seen nothing of the outside world, and perhaps are fearful of what they may encounter. Their ties to the village and all that they have ever known keeps them in constant peril. Of course, it would be no small thing to make the journey to Chad. However, with most villages, including one relatively close by, being decimated, this should seemingly be an easy choice to make for them and their family. Much of the village chose to stay behind as well. I can only wonder at how many people were murdered because they chose to stick with their roots. On the part of Chad, I have found that they were and are openly accepting refugees in the midst of this crisis. Throughout the horrors placed upon Sudan by the regime, it is at least a blessing to have a country close by that is willing to take in an abundance of refugees. I wonder, though, whether the regime has threatened Chad for taking people in. If not, it would be even clearer that the regime's main goal was not a holy Jihad, but to arrest control of the land in Sudan.]]> 2021-03-23 02:22:04 UTC https://padlet.com/roesl056/xfujhoolp16c86qz/wish/1340916941