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- ISBN 9781589661578
- Format: Hardback
- Weight: 652g
- Dimensions: 16 x 24mm
- Publication Date: 01 Oct 2007
- Publisher: University of Scranton Press,U.S.
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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As a result of the genocide in Darfur, tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee Sudan and seek refuge in overcrowded, desolate desert camps along the Chadian border. "Educating Darfur Refugees" is the unforgettable journal of a Jesuit priest who spent nine months in 2004 and 2005 working in three of those refugee camps. Patrick Samway's diaries, deeply informed by his perspective as a religious scholar but as engrossing as any page-turner, are an unflinching eyewitness account of one of the greatest tragedies of our time. Charged with the considerable task of setting up schools for refugee children, Samway recounts his experiences with scarce food and water, non-existent educational resources, and the remarkable people he encounters along the way. The life-changing story that unfolds, an engaged personal narrative capacious enough to embrace both George Bernanos and Walker Percy, is necessary reading for anyone concerned about Sudanese refugees and those who share their plight all over the world.
Patrick Samway, S.J. is professor of English and director of the fellowships office at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia. He is the author of Walker Percy: A Life.
