Tag: A Quest for Water

A QUEST FOR WATER: (Based on actual events in the southern Sahara) Chapter 8: Bittersweet Rejoicing (4) THE END That was as far as her thinking got that day, because her family decided to start Read more…

A QUEST FOR WATER: (Based on actual events in the southern Sahara) Chapter 8: Bittersweet Rejoicing (3)  She suddenly realized how much she had changed over the course of a day and a half. Before Read more…

A QUEST FOR WATER: (Based on actual events in the southern Sahara) Chapter 8: Bittersweet Rejoicing (1)  Sadouan and the other women looked in wonderment at all the full jerry cans and the three braying Read more…

A QUEST FOR WATER: (Based on actual events in the southern Sahara) Chapter 8: Bittersweet Rejoicing (1)  Hearing the camels and donkeys arrive, Sadouan stepped out of her tent, holding baby Tahir in her arms. Read more…

A QUEST FOR WATER: (Based on actual events in the southern Sahara) Chapter 7: SAYING GOODBYE (7)  Fada looked over at Mouheini; their eyes caught, and both noticed the other tearing up. He looked away, Read more…

A QUEST FOR WATER: (Based on actual events in the southern Sahara) Chapter 7: SAYING GOODBYE (6)  Looking at Fada, Alhassan said, “Thank you so much for providing safety to our children, and for bringing Read more…

A QUEST FOR WATER: (Based on actual events in the southern Sahara) Chapter 7: Saying Goodbye (5) As the men came closer, Mouheini recognized the loving, familiar face of her father, and bounded joyously towards Read more…

A QUEST FOR WATER: (Based on actual events in the southern Sahara) Chapter 7: SAYING GOODBYE (4) The sun began to dip behind the horizon. Takat and Raichatou jumped off their donkeys; they were so Read more…

A QUEST FOR WATER: (Based on actual events in the southern Sahara) Chapter 7: SAYING GOODBYE (3)  No, she could not let herself think such thoughts. She avoided Fada much of the way home, ignoring Read more…