Word: sahara
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...southern Morocco. He and his crew suffered horrifying extremes of exposure, hunger and thirst (King is especially good on the gruesome physiology of dehydration) and were eventually taken as slaves by the Bou Sbaa, a tribe of nomadic Arabs who scratched out a perilous living in the Sahara, trading and feuding and drinking surprising amounts of camel urine. Seen through Riley's eyes, the Sahara is a nightmare looking-glass world, where camels are sacred and men wash their faces with sand. It couldn't have been more alien if he had been captured by Klingons, but Riley manages...
...native tongue is Somali, but he understands enough Arabic to get by.) The man is tall, lean and dark, wearing a flowing white Arab robe and headdress. He is flanked by a pair of shorter, younger subordinates in Western clothes. The smugglers agree to help Abdi Salan cross the Sahara to Libya, where he hopes to board a boat to Europe. Up until this point, his journey has been routine. But Abdi Salan knows that from here on in, each step must be taken undercover. The man in white is short on details, but the price is clear: $300, which...
...happy to be back in civilization ... We ate dates, no vegetables, and there were no vitamins." SILJA STAEHLI, a Swiss woman who was released last week, along with 14 other hostages, after being held in the Sahara desert for five months by a group of Islamic fundamentalists...
...dates." SILJA STAEHELI, 19-year-old Swiss woman held hostage for six months by an Islamic radical group in the Sahara desert, explaining how she and 13 others survived...
...million Ransom Libya reportedly paid to secure the release of 14 Europeans held hostage in the Sahara desert...