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The book concerns social, economic, cultural and political life of the Fur People centuries BC: ethnic origin, interactions with other groups and geographic distribution, (migrations). They maintain the Old Testament was brought to Moses while he lived in the Fur sacred land in and around Jabel Marra, which is believed to be the birth place of all religions. The book tells about the founding of the Great Fur Sultanate that expanded into a sprawling empire, and the causes of its demise. It tells about annexation of Darfur to Sudan and its marginalization and neglect by the colonial rulers as well as by the Sudanese. It describes the atrocities committed against the innocent unarmed men, women and children in the waves of genocide manned by armed Arab militias and the Sudanese army. It closes with brief remarks on possibilities foor redress, or choice of either of two options: equitable citizenship or return to the Darfur State.

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Abu Kassim DIN fat Research Professor, agricultural research body. Date of birth 1937 m Jebel Marra, Darfur. Peanuts qualifications: Bachelor of forestry science, University of Edinburgh, 1962. University of Maine America, research planning and design studies, master of science in 1965, Khartoum University, 1969. Practical training in research, Sweden and the United States. Practical experience: forestry, gum Arabic Research Department, white Canadian International Development Research Centre, Nairobi, Kenya High Council Adviser for environment and natural resources, Ministry of environment and urban development adviser Special Adviser Emeritus in environmental studies and desertification control Assembly To protect the environment Publications: books and scientific periodicals published his pans and universal about environment and combat desertification and rural development.

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