TY - BOOK AU - Koni,Ibrahim al TI - Gold dust / SN - 9789774161432 AV - PJ 7842 K99g 2008 U1 - 892.736 PY - 2008/// CY - Cairo, Egypt ; , New York : PB - American University in Cairo Press KW - Camellos KW - Ficción N2 - Rejected by his tribe and hunted by the kin of the man he killed, Ukhayyad and his thoroughbred camel flee across the desolate Tuareg deserts of the Sahara. Between bloody wars against the Italians in the north and famine raging in the south, Ukhayyad rides for the remote rock caves of Jebel Hasawna. There, he says farewell to the mount who has been his companion through thirst, disease, lust, and loneliness. Alone in the desert, haunted by the prophetic cave paintings of ancient hunting scenes and the cries of jinn in the night, Ukhayyad awaits the arrival of his pursuers and their insatiable ER -