In The Translator, Daoud Hari provides an engrossing and moving account of the horrendous impact that the conflict in Darfur has had upon the civilians of Sudan. Daoud Hari is a Zaghawa tribesman who had lived abroad for many years. Shortly after his return to Darfur, Hari's village was attacked by the Janjaweed and his brother was killed. Hari was able to help many of his relatives and neighbours flee across the desert to a refugee camp in Chad but he felt compelled to return to Darfur and use his English language skills to assist the work of genocide investigators and reporters. During one such investigative trip into the heart of Darfur, Hari and a National Geographic reporter, Paul Salopek, are captured by the Janjaweed militia. The militiamen who capture them are from the same tribe as Hari but they have changed sides to support the government. Hari and Salopek are separated and then tortured and threatened with death unless they reveal all that they know about rebel activities and foreign spies. Eventually, after campaigning by friends and international charity organisations, Hari was freed from captivity and he now lives as a refugee in the United States where he works to raise awareness of the genocide in Darfur.

In The Translator, Daoud Hari provides an engrossing and moving account of the horrendous impact that the conflict in Darfur has had upon the civilians of Sudan.Daoud Hari is a Zaghawa tribesman who had lived abroad for many years. Shortly after his return to Darfur, Hari's village was attacked by the Janjaweed and his brother was killed. Hari was able to help many of his relatives and neighbours flee across the desert to a refugee camp in Chad but he felt compelled to return to Darfur and use his English language skills to assist the work of genocide investigators and reporters.During one such investigative trip into the heart of Darfur, Hari and a National Geographic reporter, Paul Salopek, are captured by the Janjaweed militia. The militiamen who capture them are from the same tribe as Hari but they have changed sides to support the government. Hari and Salopek are separated and then tortured and threatened with death unless they reveal all that they know about rebel activities and foreign spies. Eventually, after campaigning by friends and international charity organisations, Hari was freed from captivity and he now lives as a refugee in the United States where he works to raise awareness of the genocide in Darfur.