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  1. <<The>> actual true story of Ahmed & Zarga
    a novel : with glossary and note on sources
    Published: [2021]; © 2021
    Publisher:  Ohio University Press, Athens

    "Ahmed is a camel herder, like his father was before him and like his young son Abdullahi will be after him. Together with his wife, Jamila, and the other families in their nomadic freeg, Ahmed's days are ruled by the rhythms of changing seasons, the... more

     

    "Ahmed is a camel herder, like his father was before him and like his young son Abdullahi will be after him. Together with his wife, Jamila, and the other families in their nomadic freeg, Ahmed's days are ruled by the rhythms of changing seasons, the needs of his beloved camel herd, and the rich legends and stories that link his life to centuries of Bedouin tradition. But Ahmed's world is threatened-by the French colonists just beyond the horizon, the urbanization of the modern world, and a drought far more deadly than any his people have known. At first, Ahmed attempts to ignore these forces by concentrating on the ancient routines of herding life. But these routines are broken when Zarga, a beloved calf, goes missing. Saddling his trusted camel Laamesh and singing the songs of his fathers for strength, Ahmed sets off to recover Zarga on a perilous journey that will bring him face to face with the best and the worst of humanity and test every facet of his Bedouin desert survival skills"--

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780821424384
    Other identifier:
    9780821424384
    RVK Categories: HV 98000
    Series: Modern African writing
    Subjects: Bedouins
    Scope: 171 Seiten
  2. The actual true story of Ahmed and Zarga
    a novel : with glossary and note on sources
    Published: [2021]; © 2021
    Publisher:  Ohio University Press, Athens

    "Ahmed is a camel herder, like his father was before him and like his young son Abdullahi will be after him. Together with his wife, Jamila, and the other families in their nomadic freeg, Ahmed's days are ruled by the rhythms of changing seasons, the... more

    Universitätsbibliothek Freiburg
    GE 2023/3344
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan
    Universitätsbibliothek der Eberhard Karls Universität
    61 A 3140
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan

     

    "Ahmed is a camel herder, like his father was before him and like his young son Abdullahi will be after him. Together with his wife, Jamila, and the other families in their nomadic freeg, Ahmed's days are ruled by the rhythms of changing seasons, the needs of his beloved camel herd, and the rich legends and stories that link his life to centuries of Bedouin tradition. But Ahmed's world is threatened-by the French colonists just beyond the horizon, the urbanization of the modern world, and a drought far more deadly than any his people have known. At first, Ahmed attempts to ignore these forces by concentrating on the ancient routines of herding life. But these routines are broken when Zarga, a beloved calf, goes missing. Saddling his trusted camel Laamesh and singing the songs of his fathers for strength, Ahmed sets off to recover Zarga on a perilous journey that will bring him face to face with the best and the worst of humanity and test every facet of his Bedouin desert survival skills"--

     

    Export to reference management software   RIS file
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780821424384
    Other identifier:
    9780821424384
    RVK Categories: HV 98000
    Series: Modern African writing
    Subjects: Bedouins
    Scope: 171 Seiten, Illustrationen