Daoud Hari was born in the Darfur region of Sudan. After escaping an attack on his village, he entered the refugee camps in Chad and began serving as a translator for major news organizations including The New York Times,the BBC, as well as the United Nations and other aid groups.
Hari, a Zaghawa tribesman, is the author of "The Translator, a tribesman's memoir of Darfur".
"The Translator" is a memoir "of how one person has made a difference in the world — an on-the-ground account of one of the biggest stories of our time. Using his high school knowledge of languages as his weapon — while others around him were taking up arms — Daoud Hari has helped inform the world about Darfur".
