Horrible Connection

My internet that is. It’s been raining cats and monkeys these past few days and the connection has been excruciatingly slow in my hostel room. Heck, I’ve been trying to get this update posted for the whole damn day. I hope the problem gets settled soon by the IT department. On the bright side, since […]

Drima and the 08 US Elections

How would a Sudanese Drima “vote” in the 2008 US elections? Stay tuned for the upcoming article. It should be published over at Pajamas Media soon.
My choice is not final since we still have a few more months to go. Anything can happen during this coming period. You never know. But for now, numerous factors […]

Today’s Three Linkies

I’m going to be really busy for two or three days and so I leave you with these linkies:

Schism (The Bible version of Fitna)
Israel/Palestine: I’m split
Breakfast in Khartoum

Cheers.

MLK

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
- Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968)

War Looms Over Sudan Again

I haven’t blogged much about the small events that took place in Southern Sudan over the past few months but today, I need to. Things are piling up badly.
Abyei, that oil rich region in the North-South border, is arguably one of the most sticky issues that threatens the CPA and could possibly draw the country […]

Aljazeera’s Recent Gaza Coverage

I felt it was different in tone and harshness. At first I thought it might have been because of this. Now me believes it might have more to do with something else. Just take a look at this as an example:
It is shameful that Hamas is depending on Syrian and Iranian accounts and is transforming […]

Irshad Manji and An-Na’im at Heretic Muslims Conference

Too bad I couldn’t be there to attend it. The idea for the conference’s theme was inspired by An-Na’im himself who is prominently featured today at the front page of the Christian Science Monitor.

Muslim reformer’s ‘heresy’: The Islamic state is a dead end

I am so ecstatic over the publicity his immensely important scholarly work is […]

Which Is Better For Sudan, a Democrat or Republican President?

Dear Sudanese boys and girls in da house,
dump your thoughts in the comments section. I have my answer and facts but I’d like to hear you out before I publish my choice and concerns in a long upcoming article. I may include some of your comments.
Another way of rephrasing the question could be, which is […]

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