Updates In These Turtle-ish Posting Days

Hey dear readers, I just wanted to apologize for not blogging as much as I should be lately.
I’ve been way too busy with writing the book, reading other books to help me write the book’s material, exciting […]

ATTENTION: YouTube Blocked In Sudan

Dear fellow bloggers who read this blog, please spread the news wide and far. For now, you can get information here and here. Once I’ve got enough I’ll have a longer post about this.

Elaborating My Stance on the ICC

I though I’d share this comment I made over at AfricanLoft so that you guys can get a better understanding of my stance on the ICC. I’m replying to BRE, a fellow African blogger whom I’d like to thank for his kind and encouraging support. You can see the exchange I had with him over […]

Al Jazeera Just Got Really Filthy

Sorry, make that filthier. This time they’re glorifying Samir Al-Quntar, and it is inexcusable and utterly disgusting.
Excuse me while I go and puke.

Ben Harper “Burn One Down”

Here’s the talented Ben Harper singing his heart out and dreaming of “libertarianism.”
Read the lyrics. The man is a hilarious genius! World peace here we come baby!

Let us burn one, from end to end.
And pass it over to me my friend.
Burn it long, but burn it slow,
to light me up before I […]

ICC Vs Bashir: Sudan’s Generation-i Reacts

Yes, Sudan’s internet generation is alive and well on Facebook, not so much the blogosphere anymore.
Here’s my GV roundup.

200 Dead Bodies + 5 Prisoners…

… in return for 2 dead bodies.
While I can somehow predict the epithets and wild accusations, I’ve got to say, I can’t help but be amazed at the value Israelis place on their soldiers’ lives and apparently even corpses. Add that on top of the previous unsatisfied Israeli sentiments against Olmert accusing him of supposedly […]

Happy Birthday Mandela!

And thank you for all the good you’ve done.

Al-Bashir and the ICC - The Intense, Heated Sudanese Facebook Debate Summed Up In Two Pictures That Speak 2,000 Words

The Facebook group is called “معا ضد المحكمة الجنائية الدولية . فلنتحد لنصرة الرئيس عمر البشير” (translated, “Together Against the ICC. Let’s Unite for President Omar al-Bashir’s Victory”) and I honestly don’t know whether to laugh or cry. The only thing that gave me some decent hope was the quality of rational debate amongst a […]

The ICC Vs Sudan

Read my PJM piece about the latest drama here.
According to the Washington Post, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is now seeking an arrest warrant for the Sudanese dictator, Omar al-Bashir, charging him with crimes against humanity for his role in the mass killings that engulfed Darfur during the last five years.
The real […]

Cheb Khalid - Aicha

Say hello to one of my favorite songs of all time. It’s so soulful, so beautiful to the point of being almost spiritual. If you don’t like it, then you and I aren’t friends anymore.

Jesse Jackson Wanted to Cut Obama’s Balls Off

… and then later had to apologize for the crude remarks which he didn’t know were being recorded. Jackson might have had a point about Obama not addressing black issues enough if he wasn’t so wrong and frankly even stupid for having such a position in the first place.
Obama is not MLK. He’s not out […]

“Honor” Killings and Lovely Progressives

Here’s Irshad Manji with a rant about a disgusting practice that still sadly continues today.
I’ve also blogged about how progressive non-Muslims contribute to such injustices. In the name of showing cultural “sensitivity,” they often tolerate the intolerable. Read this commentary.
Read it all here.
Contrary to popular misconceptions, “honor” killings are not an Islamic thing. They’re cultural […]

King Abdullah of Jordan Was Nearby

He was just a click away from here. The man actually left a comment on a blog post by Naseem of the popular Jordanian blog, the Black Iris, which I’ve got listed in my sidebar. I can only imagine how excited Naseem was when he received a phone call verifying the comment’s authenticity. This sort […]

Port Sudan, a Touristic Destination

Check out my latest round-up for Global Voices Online and scroll down to see some pretty pictures of Port Sudan.
Related:

More Nubian Pyramids
Wonderful Pictures from South Sudan
Lovely Scenic Pictures of Darfur
More than Just “Genocide”

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