Nowhere to Hide

Creator

Adam Ismail Idriss

Files

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Creation Date

January 2007

Time Period

circa 1974-2007

Abstract

Drawing that depicts the Sudanese military attacking civilians in a village in Darfur with machine guns, helicopters, and armored trucks. Also shows civilians hiding in homes and in trees being burned out or shot.

Alt Text

A child's pencil sketch on graph paper of a group of people being attacked by individuals armed with large rifles, a helicopter, and a pickup truck with a mounted machine gun. The truck has a driver, a gunner, and a third person armed with a machine gun sitting in its back. The assailants are seen killing elderly people, people attempting to flee, and at two people who attempted to hide in a tree, as well as using their weapons to set fire to the roof of a house.

Keywords

Genocide, Ethnic conflict, Refugees, History, Darfur conflict

Extent

1 drawing

Subject: geographic

Darfur (Sudan)

Place of Publication

Refugee camp, Eastern Chad

Identifier

W36-00400

Recommended Citation

Ismail Idriss, Adam, "Nowhere to Hide" (2007). Waging Peace Darfuri Children's Drawings. Image 426.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/darfuri_drawings/426