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“The name that still filled our mouths was Gilf Kebir. Somewhere in the Gilf nestled Zerzura, whose name occurs in Arab writings as far back as the thirteenth century" (Ondaatje, 142)

“The Villa San Girolamo, built to protect inhabitants from the flesh of the devil, had the look of a besieged fortress, the limbs of most of the statues blown off during the first day of shelling. There seemed little demarcation between house and…

View of railroad cars sitting in the CPR yards with some workers near the tracks. Buildings can be seen in the distance as well as a grain elevator.