Phew!

Sorry guys, I was experiencing some problems with my internet connection in the last few days. Boohoo. Perfect timing huh? It should be okay now though.
The teddy bear circus is over and I think the discussion on the topic has been exhausted so no article. It’s time to move on to other things. Here’s an […]

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Vote For Drima!!

The voting has begun! Vote for me! Spread the word. Ask your friends to vote. If I end up in the top six I’ll be satisfied.

Finalist Again!!

Best Middle East or Africa Blog:

Michael J. Totten - Middle East Journal
My Marrakesh
Iraq the Model
A Mother in Israel
YBLOG ZA
The Dry Bones Blog
Sand Monkey
Treppenwitz
The Sudanese Thinker
Eatbees Blog

Yaaaaaaay!!! Although Michael J. Totten is clearly going to kick our asses. Bleh, who cares. I’m just happy to be in the finalist list again!

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Why Ahmedinejad exploits the Holocaust

Why does he do it? Here’s the answer. I couldn’t have said it better.
As long as our governments keep feeding us with anti-Semitic garbage and we keep believing it, we’ll continue digging the stinking hole we’re stuck in deeper and we shall remain “intoxicated”.
This is a primary reason for why I think we Arab Muslims […]

Does anything good ever happen in Africa?

That was the provocative question Sudanese blogger, Kizzie received from someone quite recently:
We were in America and a famous Jewish-American human rights activist/writer/professor invited us for lunch.
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Continue reading my latest round up of the Sudanese blogosphere right here at GlobalVoicesOnline.

Apologies, Posting Shall Resume Soon

Ah, believe me, 14 hours of non-stop, and I mean absolutely non-stop sleeping is super wonderful! I am grumpy no more. Thank you all for the birthday wishes. They mean a lot to me.
At the moment I’m finishing up my big pile of assignments. I’ll be back in business in a day or […]

John Mayer - Slow Dancing in a Burning Room

- It’s been playing in a loop, non-stop, since Friday night.
- Neither did I break up with anyone nor am I heartbroken.
- He has a blog too. The Taliban hate music.
- Delving into academics. Lighter posting ahead.

An Open Letter to the Sudanese Blogosphere

Dear fellow Sudanese bloggers,
I started my journey as a Sudanese blogger in April 2006. And believe me when I say that it began as a very lonely one. In fact, these were my very first words:
I dug around here and there until I was disappointed to realize there are no Sudanese bloggers out there […]

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