General Thoughts

Huh? What? Sunnis and Shias? Oh no, sorry that’s Protestants and Catholics. But wait, how many years did it take them to calm down again? A hundred? Two hundred? Oh well, at least they’re not slaughtering each other… anymore that is. Good for them. How long will it take us to see Iraq calm down too?

Maybe Sandmonkey should read this post. Sigh!

I’ll be back in 3 or 4 days. Stick around. Peace!

Why am I not surprised?

Not to be outdone once again by Bahrain, Dubai will be getting some Hooters pretty soon now, even though Dubai is not in Hooters’ expansion plans,

The investment requirements of the world famous franchise are not that onerous, on the contrary, these are easily available in any of our countries. The issue; however, is not the required investment, the entertainment, nor tourism value of such an enterprise. I am not against the move per se, it doesn’t make any difference to me and I have enjoyed visiting Hooters before - in a journalistic research capacity of course! It is up to the patron’s own set of values if they wish to enter such a restaurant or any other establishment, it is a personal choice after all.

Hooters in Khartoum? Maybe in 50 years but defintely not now.

Not bad huh?

These are the new cool Islamic Super Heroes created by Teshkeel Comics:

In Saudi Arabia, a massive, hulking creature has escaped from a government holding facility, and no force on earth can stop him.

In Paris, A UNESCO official, psychiatrist and historian, dreams of world peace and chases ancient legends about mystical gemstones.

In the UAE, the kidnapped daughter of a tycoon escapes, bringing with her a gift and a curse - an enduring and ugly vision of a dying world.

And sitting in his dark tower, an ancient and powerful evil, spoken of only in legend, watches and waits for the signs that his true reign is near.

This is only the beginning. For soon, destiny will seek out the chosen from among those once forsaken. 99 gems containing the light of ancient wisdom lie scattered across the world waiting to be discovered. Those who possess the gems will wield untold power never before seen by mortal man. The salvation of the universe set in motion from the beginning of time lies now in the hands of those who dare to strive for it. Led by one man, a man dedicated to discovering the knowledge that was lost, these unlikely heroes and heroines must overcome great odds in their battle against the darkness, both in the outside world, and within their own souls.

They are The 99 and the fate of the known universe depends on them.

Interesting. Why aren’t the girls wearing hijab? And why are they wearing revealing clothes? This must be a conspiracy by Teshkeel to somehow brainwash our young Muslim sisters and make them forget about their duty of wearing hijab. On a serious note though, anybody noticed that all the characters pictured above have an Afro look except for one or two of them? More interesting. Eh, anyways, I’m not a big fan of comic books. However there’s one comic book I read about recently that really made me curious. It’s called Y: The Last Man and it sounds really good.

Oh yeah, Sandmonkey has more info! America should really stop supporting dictators like this guy. But wait, if he goes, then the MB will most probably take over. Oh yeah, and a lovely war will start with Israel. Again. Sigh! Good luck Egypt. You’re going to need it. At least we Sudanese have had our taste of an MB style government. Guess what? We didn’t like it very much.

Howie, thanks a million times for brining this funny dude to my attention. This shyte is so hilarious!!! I’m forwarding this to all my Iranian friends!

I just got this in my inbox. It’s interesting but the fact that Raed Jarrar is featured in it talking about his notorious T-shirt incident isn’t good because I don’t believe that counts as racial profiling. Yeah sure it’s pretty stupid for people to freak out just because he wore a T-shirt with Arabic writing but hey I don’t blame them. We live in messed up paranoid times. As for incidents involving abuse like the one with the 2 Iraqi twins, I vehemently oppose them. Anyways, I’m not really opposed to racial profiling (when done professionally) if it actually does help but I’m not sure if it’s actually effective. Go ahead, profile all the Arab and South Asian looking ones. So what? Next time al-Qaeda will “kaboom” you with White or even Hispanic converts. If I remember correctly, the failed plot for taking down planes on the way to US from UK during flight involved a white convert.

I have to be frank though, sometimes this whole racial profiling thing doesn’t seem like a big deal to me. Maybe this is because I’ve never experienced it. Moreover my experiences when I arrived in America and traveled within it weren’t bad. Sure when I arrived at O’Hare, I had to be stuck there and questioned for about 3 hours thanks to my Sudanese passport. However the staff were very professional and friendly. They were simply doing their job and I didn’t mind the lengthy procedure that much. Hell, one of the guards there and I even started making silly jokes about Uncle Sam and Omar al-Bashir. I’m serious! We were basically chilling as he typed my info into his computer. Not only that but I also didn’t face any problems at all when I flew to Portland, Maine and New York’s La Guardia. My whole experience was actually fun! Damn, now that I’m thinking of it, I actually want to go back for a visit again. I miss New York diners! And Hooters! And Chicago’s Millennium Park! And Olive Garden! And my friends, oh my dear friends! And the unforgettable roadtrip! Maaaaaan!

LEAVE MY FREAKING BLOG ALONE YOU HORNY RETARDED SICKOS!!!

Okay, I just noticed that the Free Sami Now banner on my side bar has the Sudanese flag on it upside down which is basically dishonoring Sudan! WTFish?

Our flag looks like this:

It must have been a careless mistake by whoever made it (or was it the Jooooz?). Should I remove it? Hmmm… I think I might.

UPDATE: Heh. Okay I think I got it all wrong. Symbolism is interpretted differently by different people. Mark has an explanation.

I had no idea that the post was still attracting new comments. I read it one more time and I realized that I could have mentioned something important. Sudan’s minorities. I only spoke in terms of Arab/African but mentioned nothing about ethnic minorities who do/did contribute to Sudan’s diverse ethnic pool. Maybe I’ll write something about that in the future.

Sorry, busy again and having some issues that I need to sort out. Meanwhile, check out these videos. Pretty interesting stuff (Intro, part 1, part 2 and part 3). I think some positive aspects could have been covered but I still like what VBS has done. It’s a very raw perspective. Make up your own mind. Peace!

UPDATE: Okay, I just found the main page of Inside Sudan. Check out the other following parts. VBS.tv rocks!

UPDATE: More thoughts on the VBS clips from a Sudanese named soulful_wala:

i have different views on each of the videos, the first one i really didn’t like how he was talking about the schools, for instance he was saying they only teach Quran, well no kidding thats what that type of school is, an all Quran school if he would have went to any of the public schools he would have found that they teach the other subjects such as geo, and math and so on. so we know this but i don’t think he knew it or perhaps he did but it would have contradicted the point he was trying to make. also i believe he tried to imply that learning the Quran makes you a terrorist, at some point in the video. that really made me mad. As for the second video i thought it was good, i mean the whole oil thing no kidding, why else would the gov’t support this horrific thing. its really sad how the whole world was all over darfur at one time when they labeled it a genocide, which I don’t think it was, but genocide or not it is completely inhuman and devastating and it is STILL happening, I mean when was the last time you heard about Darfur in the news, I mean they have more news on Britney Spears shaving her head then all the shit that’s going around over there, and in other parts of the world, so thank god for youtube. wow i really went off topic, sorry, but yeh the 2nd video was good, the 1st video not so much.

I was just checking out Vit Hassan’s Flickr page and I found this new picture taken by him:

According to Hassan, the guy pictured above is from the Umm Bororo tribe and his hairstyle indicates he’s unmarried. Can I confirm if that’s true? I don’t have a clue! Out of the hundreds of tribes in Sudan, I only know the traditions of about 30-40 well. Therefore, even I myself a Sudanese find the above picture fascinating.

A great post by Umar Lee, a Muslim convert. I really enjoy reading his posts. Maybe you will too. His views are very unique. I pray for the victims and their families.