The Nightmare of the Exile

I am a simple person from a simple family who was part of a simple community. I grew up in the village of Dissa in the Darfur region of western Sudan. While growing up I didn't know what racism was and didn't differentiate between people based on their color or religion. I had no access to television or electricity had never tasted chocolate and my family put our money in a hole instead of keeping it in a bank.. In 2003 I was forced to leave my country with other Darfuris to escape persecution. While in Egypt in 2005 I read the word refugee in a book and realized that was me. I have experienced hate and racism because I am a refugee and foreign. I have been called ponga ponga chocolate ashikabla and koshi. All these terms were meant to humiliate me either for my status as a refugee or for the color of my skin. I have been put in prison for being a refugee. On December 31 2005 in Egypt twenty-seven people were killed in front of my eyes simply because they were refugees.. This book tells my story both the happy parts as a child and the challenging parts as a refugee. I want the world to see all of me not just my skin or my legal status. Because Darfuri refugees aren't just a nameless mass of people. We have families stories lives just like you.