Applying a Simple SWOT Analysis to Sudan

The following is a simple SWOT analysis applied to Sudan. The S/W and O/T sections aren’t strictly within internal/external contexts.
Strengths:
- A huge and abundant amount of natural resources.
- Enormous expanses of fertile land.
- Diverse wild life.
- A highly-skilled and well-educated large Diaspora.
- Ancient sites and ruins dating back thousands of years to the Nubian Civilization.
- […]

Some Bugs Remaining

Please accept my apologies if you’re experiencing any problems with loading the blog, the posts or the comments section and you keep getting a blank page. Apparently there is a new bug that I need to resolve. I’m working on it right now and I’ll update this post once I’m done. If you’re still facing […]

Congratulations to All Iraqis for Winning the Asia Cup!

It’s a good day for Iraqis and I am very happy for them. It’s nice to see them celebrating on the streets of Baghdad and feeling some rare joy.
Sunday’s dramatic win capped a three-week campaign by Iraqi team, nicknamed “The Lions of the Two Rivers.” Iraqis were captivated and spoke of hope, even as years […]

Saudi American Love

Awwww, aren’t they cute?

By the way since when has homosexuality stopped being a crime in Saudi Arabia? Oh but wait, it’s not in the United States. Hmmm, now it makes sense.

All Countries Except Israel

A new cool blog by a Southern Sudanese named Sudanese Returnee has sprung up. She (he?) has written an interesting post that you should check out:
Technically speaking, Sudan is in a state of war with Israel! Sudanese passports are stamped “all countries except Israel” and they risk execution if the government learns that they have […]

Fighting HIV/AIDS in ‘post-Islamist’ Sudan

This post is right on spot! Be sure to read it. And in case you didn’t know, last time I checked, Sudan was number one in the Arab world in terms of HIV/AIDS infections and third in terms of drug use and addiction. Yaaaay to my country. Let’s dance baby.

Meanwhile the condom debate still wages. […]

How Addicted to Blogging Are You?

I took the test, the results are in, and they are. Not. Good.
85%How Addicted to Blogging Are You?
Besides reading dozens of sociopolitical blogs almost daily, I also read many entrepreneurship related blogs which you can find in this list here. On top of that I also read some blogs about blogging and others about Web […]

New Look, New Feel, Bugs Fixed

As you can see, the old look is now bye bye. This is the new clean and simple look as of now. Well, sort of… I still need to re-decorate the theme and organize the side bars. The blogroll needs to be shortened and organized too. And don’t worry the banner will be back soon. […]

Linkies For Today

I’m still busy and I can’t manage to fix the bug in the comments section yet. I guess I might just get a new theme and modify it. It’s time for a new look anyway. But before that, here are some linkies for today:
1- Sudan ordered to pay $8 million to Cole victims’ families […]

Islamic Reform Is ALREADY Happening!

Yes it is!

Back On Campus

Yup and currently busy getting settled down again which means less blogging activity within this week. I’ll also fix the annoying bug in the comments section soon. Peace!

The Bases Are Loaded

There won’t be a complete withdrawal.

Bush Considered Sending US Troops To Darfur

Apparently he did:
July 19, 2007 (NASHVILLE, Tennessee) — US President George W. Bush said Thursday that he had considered, and discarded, the idea of sending US troops unilaterally to Sudan’s Darfur province to halt what he calls “genocide” there
“I made the decision not to send US troops unilaterally into Darfur,” he said. “I made the […]

Why Did You Have To Remind Me Barsawad?

Omar Barsawad wrote this on his blog:
For me, Sudan is an enigma. Of all the Arab countries, Sudan could easily have been one of the wealthiest, if not the wealthiest. It has all the necessary resources to achieve that: an educated and hard working people, abundant arable land, abundant water and many minerals. And […]

How Radically Different Will Aljazeera’s Coverage Become?

My dad was talking about this yesterday. It happened 2 months ago. I was not aware of it. Were you?
In May the Amir of Qatar sacked the entire management board, including Wadah Khanfar, its director. In the turbulent politics of the Middle East this would not be considered unusual, except that the new chief […]

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