![]() ![]() Despite this Haoua finds contentment in her schoolwork, her dreams of becoming a teacher and in writing assiduously to the family in Ireland who act as her aid sponsors. It also emerges that their father plans to take a second wife. But, on his last home visit, Abdelkrim quarrels with their father accusing him of gambling away the money he sends and being the cause of their mother's worsening health. Haoua worships her elder brother, Abdelkrim, a serving soldier who sends money home to support the family. She enjoys working and playing with her siblings and friends. ![]() Spirited independent and intelligent, Haoua has benefitted from a stable home life and a loving and attentive mother. Harmattan (from an Arabic word meaning 'destructive wind') tells the story of Haoua, a young girl growing up in a remote village in the Republic of Niger. ![]()
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