The SPLM’s Withdrawal: Sudan’s New Potentially Deadly Crisis

This is the article which was supposed to be published about two weeks ago when the crisis initially popped up. Read it here.

Livni behind closed doors: Iran nukes pose little threat to Israel

Heh?!

The Conference: Washington DC, “the Belly of the Beast”

I’m not even sure where I should begin given the many cool highlights of this experience. To make it easy, allow me to go about it day by day. So, let’s get started.
Day 1: Saturday, 20th October.

I arrived and checked into the hotel at about 5.30pm. By then, I was aware that the organizers were […]

Today’s Fan Mail

I received this in my inbox a few days ago. It’s from a Sudanese working in a medical field in UK.
Dear Drima,
Salamz,
Just a brief email to thank and commend you on your outstanding blog. It seems to me (and probably a lot of modern Sudanese) to be a blog that really represents our true feelings […]

Hello Again Chicago

So it’s the 14th of October and it’s my second time in the country and in Chicago. The euphoria isn’t as strong as it was during the previous visit but it’s still very nice to be here again though.
This time I arrived in the country at Washington DC’s Dulles International Airport. The journey was crazy. […]

Back!

I just arrived. The journey was a total killer. I’m so drained. Me going to get some good, good sleep. After that, posts on the conference shall begin.

Yippieeeeee!

Okay so I’m still at the conference enjoying myself. I don’t have a laptop and I’m busy. Washington DC, “the Belly of the Beast” is wonderful. I’ll update you in 2 or 3 days when I’m back home. This has been one hell of a cool experience. The best part has been meeting other bloggers […]

Iraq.DailyVoices.com and More Launched!

Remember my previous post on the SocialRank powered Sudan’s DailyVoices?
With more blogs on Sudan to read, I am having a harder time finding the hot posts of the day. It’s annoying going through each blog trying to find an interesting story or discussion.
… Well, SocialRank is a super cool mathematical algorithm which monitors the activity […]

British Exports to Sudan Doubled Since Darfur Conflict

Hmmm…

Why Is Marijuana Like Soooo Illegal?

Me, me, me, I know why, I know why, please let me answer.
Ehm ehm, it’s a conspiracy. Shhhhh!!
Yes, it is. Apparently the tobacco and alcohol lobbyists are the ones behind the lies and propaganda exaggerating the dangers of the relatively harmless drug and making it seem similar to the very dangerous ones such as cocain, […]

Yaaay To China Stealing Google’s Traffic

I first came across the story while reading TechCrunch. It turns out China isn’t just stealing Google’s traffic but also the traffic of other Western search engines!
See TechCrunch’s new post on the issue for the details.
Yaaay to China’s wonderful regime! It has just declared cyber war on America. Best of all they’re using American technology […]

What Happens When an Agnostic Follows the Bible Literally for One Year?

Here what happens. Interesting and amusing!

The Conference

… is in a few days. It will be held in Washington DC and it’s going to have quite a huge international attendance of about 700 people.
The conference is organized by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a think-tank based in Washington DC, in partnership with numerous institutes which include Princeton University. The conference’s name is ”Overcoming […]

Dubai Inc.

The miracle that is known as Dubai. Its ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum is one hell of a man.
Watch this 10 minutes video or read the long article to find out more. Overall, Dubai is a success story like no other in the Middle East. And no, Dubai’s economy doesn’t rely on oil. In fact […]

Criticize Hosni Mubarak All You Want, No Problemo

Yeth yeth, of courth. The Egyptian government hath alwayth thupported free thpeech. Praith be to Hothni Mubarak, the greatetht prethident ever.
There were some tensions over U.S. criticism of human rights in Egypt. Rice told their press conference that in her talks with Mubarak and Aboul Gheit she brought up the issue of the detentions of […]

keep looking »