When Death Becomes Normal

Check out my latest round up of the Sudanese blogosphere at Harvard-based GlobalVoicesOnline.
Oh and expect an article tomorrow on the latest potentially deadly crisis in Sudan triggered by the SPLM’s withdrawal from the ehm ehm so-called National Unity Government.
Yeah, it was like sooooo united to begin with anyway.

10 Things I Learned from My Previous Trip to America

In a few hours I’ll be leaving to the airport to head to Chicago for a week and then to Washington DC for a few days to attend a conference. This will be my second visit to the United States and I’m making sure I keep in mind some things I learned during my previous […]

Eid Mubarak!

Eid Mubarak to everyone celebrating today. Me? Not yet. This is the last day of Ramadan where I am. I’ll be celebrating it tomorrow in the sky (while on flight).
By the way, check out this interesting web magazine on culture called The Worldly. They have a nice article on Arabic food. I’ve been eating a […]

OneVoice: Naive or Useful?

I’m guessing by now most of you have heard about the OneVoice initiative to collect a million Palestinian and Israeli signatures (or something like that) and then hopefully bring peace between the two sides by mobilizing the moderates.
My first reaction was “awww, how wonderful. Yes, and meanwhile my grandmother and I will go plant some […]

Introducing SocialRank and Sudan’s DailyVoices!

Disclosure: My friend Khailee is on the team behind SocialRank. I’m not doing this to be nice or as a favor to him but simply because their super cool idea really excites me. Furthermore I have no financial interests involved.
I get so damn happy every time a new blog on Sudan pops up (especially when […]

Hart’s War

A few days ago I watched Hart’s War, starring Colin Farrell, Bruce Willis, and Terrence Howard as American prisoners of war in a Nazi military camp. I am so tempted to watch it again even though I’m busy.
What a super engaging movie!
At first glance you’d think it’s just another story about WWII. It’s not. The […]

“Tweaking” the Narrative of the Darfur Cause in America

Remember this post I wrote a few days ago?
The majority of my blogging when I first started was aimed at explaining the complexities and correcting the inaccuracies, the most famous ones being the whole “Arabs Vs Africans” and “rebels: good, government: bad” narratives.
Well, JMac (someone who understands well what Darur is about) just wrote a […]

Support Burma

Global Voices Online has been doing a great job covering the events. The whole episode is a perfect example of the power of new media at informing and leaking “forbidden” news.

New Blogging Strategy

I know my apologies might be starting to get too repetitive, so I apologize for the apologizing. The internet connection has been annoyingly slow these past few days. I’m also in my final year and academic tasks keep piling one after the other.
There has also been something else. I’ve been going through some serious introspection […]

The Reason the Khartoum Government Wanted to Smack Darfur’s AU Commander

Here’s why:
General Martin Luther Agwai, commander of the African Union Mission in Sudan, gave an interview to the BBC’s Orla Guerin a week or so ago.
… what has got the Khartoum government hot and bothered a week later?
… his choice of military heroes included Ariel Sharon
Wonderful! The man who got a mere slap on […]

Two New Excellent Blogs on Sudan: Andrew Heavens & Rob Crilly

There are hundreds of blog on Darfur out there in the blogosphere. Most are unfortunately parroting the same crap they read or hear in the media. There are many inaccuracies floating around (too many). The majority of my blogging when I first started was aimed at explaining the complexities and correcting the inaccuracies, the most […]

Darfur: Rebels Attack AU Base. 10 Killed, 50 Vanished.

Apparently it was a nasty attack (the nastiest so far). The reasons? Well, if you ask me I’ll tell you the same ones most of the time: looting weapons and equipment. The AU condemns it and so does the US. Yaaay!
Bleh. Big deal. Great timing too. Negotiations are still going and so far? Nothing substantial.

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