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The exiles, who hang paintings of their activist heroes at Chagos Refugees Group headquarters in Pointe aux Sables and slap down dominoes outside of the Chagos Boutique in Tombeau Bay, have tried to fight back.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

In 2008, he ran the gruelling Marathon de Sables, a 155-mile race staged over six days in the Sahara desert.

From BBC • May 30, 2025

Zbikowski, a former field hockey goalie, has trained extensively in African and Afro-diasporic forms, including at Germaine Acogny’s École de Sables in Senegal.

From New York Times • May 17, 2022

As an avid hiker who had run several marathons — including the 140-mile Marathon des Sables through the Sahara in Morocco, one of the world’s most difficult races — Chandi knew some things about endurance.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2022

You mustn’t think I prematurely deck myself in Sables for my own Funeral; but it happens that I sent the rough Draft of a Will to my Lawyer only three days ago.

From Letters of Edward FitzGerald in Two Volumes Vol. II by Wright, William Aldis