This is an overview of the memoirs of Zain Alabideen Mohamed Ahmed Abdelgadir, a key player in the May Revolution of 1969. I will give a summary of the book then pose some questions for discussion about the author’s stance, the period of governance itself, and what we can learn from it for our current […]
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After hearing about it for months, I finally watched it this evening (in 2 installments because alkahraba gata3at halfway through). I’m not sure what I was expecting to see, but it wasn’t this. I’ve seen several clips/videos/documentaries about the Nuba Mountains, but this was a whole other level of Sudanese documentary. The cinematography, editing and
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يا ﺑﻨﻲ ﺍﻟﺴﻮﺩﺍﻥ ﻫﺬﺍ ﺭﻣﺰﻛﻢ ﻳﺤﻤﻞ ﺍﻟﻌﺐﺀ ﻭﻳﺤﻤﻲ ﺃﺭﺿﻜﻢ I’m blogging about my experience working in the Military Hospital in Sudan for several reasons. First, it’s been quite a while since I left the hospital and took to the offices, and my clinical experience in Sudan has been limited but overwhelmingly traumatic. Second, I
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Take my picture! I just killed an infidel! I’m getting tired of this nonsense. I really am. I mean, seriously, why don’t you people stop this already! If you feel so bad about Muslims getting killed all over the world, then why the hell don’t you get on a plane to Afghanistan or Iraq or
You’re right about that! A whole lot of interesting articles are showing up on my Facebook homepage (cuz that’s the only social life I have) about these bombings. Amy Davidson from the New York Times is writing about some Saudi kid who got caught after being injured in the blast and cast as the case’s
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The other day I was with my cousin, a lawyer and PhD holder with a special interest in children’s rights. She was preparing a paper about the impact of armed conflict on children, to be presented in a conference, and wanted to include an interview with a street child coming from the war zone. We
A Place Called Home Read More »