Originally published: 2008. With new reader's guide

1. CHILD OF THE DESERT. The naming -- Grandma's trip to the Lost Valley -- Moon-bone madness -- Mo, Omer, and me -- The cutting time -- 2. SCHOOL OF THE DESERT. School days -- Fight school -- Resistance for Grandma -- The white eyelash attack -- Cousins in love -- Dream to be -- 3. DESERT OF FIRE. Med school -- University of Jihad -- Rumors of war -- Medicine Woman -- Accident and emergency -- Mission to Mazkhabad -- Rebel Doctor -- Black dogs and slaves -- They come for me -- A long-distance wedding -- The devil horsemen -- A time of fear -- 4. DESERT OF NO RETURN. Escape from Darfur -- The hostel of despair -- In London, in love -- Breaking the silence -- Will to live