Author's Note xi
PART ONE: CHILD of the DESERT
The Naming
3(10)
Grandma's Trip to the Lost Valley
13(14)
Moon-Bone Madness
27(12)
Mo, Omer, and Me
39(13)
The Cutting Time
52(17)
PART TWO: SCHOOL of the DESERT
School Days
69(13)
Fight School
82(12)
Resistance for Grandma
94(12)
The White Eyelash Attack
106(11)
Cousins in Love
117(11)
Dream to Be
128(9)
PART THREE: DESERT of FIRE
Med School
137(13)
University of Jihad
150(10)
Rumors of War
160(9)
Medicine Woman
169(10)
Accident and Emergency
179(11)
Mission to Mazkhabad
190(11)
Rebel Doctor
201(10)
Black Dogs and Slaves
211(11)
They Come for Me
222(10)
A Long-Distance Wedding
232(6)
The Devil Horsemen
238(10)
A Time of Fear
248(13)
PART FOUR: DESERT of NO RETURN
Escape from Darfur
261(9)
The Hostel of Despair
270(10)
In London, In Love
280(7)
Breaking the Silence
287(10)
Will to Live
297(8)
Epilogue 305(6)
Afterword 311(11)
Glossary 322(3)
Acknowledgments 325(2)
A Reader's Guide 327