Source: Aljazeera English As usual, the rainy season is here with its blessings disguised as a curse. We thought this is the driest season yet, and tarawee7 after tarawee7 the people would pray for rain. And rain it did. Not just rain, but pour like there was no tomorrow. For us, living in our comfortable […]
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The ultimate byrex’s Facebook status following a couple of family events Dear people of Sudan. Unlike what popular culture would like you to believe, the world does not revolve around al3iris al3iris. There are several hundred more ‘good things’ that can happen to someone which do not involve a man, a house, or an event
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One of the (many) things that irritate me is the way people talk about the government like it’s been the best we’ve ever had, and all the good things they’ve done for us (kabaaari wu shawaaaari3, wu sokkar!), and how the country is in the best situation it could be especially when you compare to
Someone once described my reports of what’s really going on in the health sector in Sudan as ‘propaganda’. I wasn’t insulted or anything, but it did remind me of the huge gap between what happens in the offices and corridors of the ministry of health and what the situation on the ground actually is. Once
Now that is one LONG road to walk I worry about this government, because its members are now showing signs of insanity. They’ve always been stupid, greedy, homicidal, but insanity is something new. Several events have led to this assumption, not least of which was the latest instalment in the hospital-selling series, and the new
I went to Sinnar yesterday for the first time. Actually it was Sinja, which is the capital locality in Sinnar. I was collected from home at around 6:40 a.m. and off we went. We were in 2 cars, and the one I was in had the lady who directed the Emergencies and Humanitarian Affairs in
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Doesn’t this picture make you want to punch something? I wrote this post a few days ago and now I can’t find it, and that annoys me. Anyway, I was driving to a meeting in the ministry the other day and my boss didn’t have a car so I gave him a ride. This is
Everything one wishes for in life. I went to Sa3ad Gishra last weekend to get a few things fixed. For those who don’t know, Sa3ad Gishra is sort of our local shopping center. It’s basically a few hundred shops and tents set up and named after some guy (Sa3ad Gishra) that sell and fix everything
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I am currently involved in an interesting project that seems to be the answer to Sudan’s health problems. The ministry of health has decided to conduct a complete overhaul of the current healthcare system, and to choose a state in which to run a sort of pilot for the reform initiative. The Red Sea State,
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Keep your city clean and throw your heads in the garbage. I am currently staying in the Armed Forces Hospital (Alsila7 Al6ibi) with my grandfather and today is day 7 of our stay. This isn’t the first time we’ve had the bad luck of staying here, but no matter how much I brace myself I
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