Education in Sudan

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In the words of Halima Bashir, “my whole life is one bad luck story” (261). Education is a massive issue in Tears of the Desert. Halima is relentlessly struggling for her right to learn and be treated equally in Sudanese schools. Additionally, Sudan’s education system is far more challenging to succeed in than America’s and is often cut short for most due to personal obstacles. Halima sincerely uses friendships to her advantage and tries to break the silence between the people of Sudan about how tainted the country’s educational system certainly is. One could imply, that Sudan is a corrupt country as a whole.
In America, a vast majority of students can freely go to school and get an education without being looked down upon by reason of their social status. However, in Sudanese schools, the tribal students are frequently judged by the wealthier town’s people. For instance, in chapter seven: Fight School, Halima says, “If I was to stay at this school I would have to fight for what I felt was right. I just wanted to be treated fairly, and as an equal” (79). Yet, she cannot control the fact that she is from a village and she is completely aware that she cannot change her tribal roots. Halima, becomes even more conscious of this when she sees a town house in chapter eight: Resistance for Grandma, “As I looked around at Aisha’s beautiful house, I realized that we inhabited separate worlds and lives, one that only ever collided at the school. Each of these houses had electricity and water, things that the rest of the town’s inhabitants could barely dream of” (99). Still, equal treatment is not Halima’s only setback. The fact that she is a women causes even more hardships for her.
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...till share her story to help others, then we can face the persecution, rejection and hostility that comes from refusing to participate in (DELETE the) cover-ups (DELETE of abortion.) Be brave and be bold in the truth.” Halima stood up for what she felt was veracious and equal, infrequently fearing the consequences of the education system. She got away from the traditional values of her Zaghawan village and saved the lives of many innocent individuals. She did so by striving toward her father’s goal of her becoming the first formal medical doctor of her village. Halima Bashir undoubtedly broke the silence over the immorality in the Sudanese education system. In her memoir she gracefully portrays to the world that Sudan is a not a land of equality where everybody has access to an education, but a war zone where women are solely seen as being paraphernalia to men.

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