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Sudan
Makhtab Muftah: Amin Maalouf’s “The Crusades Through Arab Eyes”
Joseph Hammond* | 4 Sep 2012
The plane was preparing for takeoff. The passengers were all aboard. The cabin and crew were making their final checks. Suddenly, there was a commotion and a passenger was asked to leave the flight. His transgression? Reading a copy of Amin Maalouf’s The Crusades through Arab Eyes. The cabin crew, who had asked for the passenger’s removal, had been unsettled...A Sudanese Summer: The Sudan Revolts One Month On
#SudanRevolts* | 15 Aug 2012
Artist: Khaled Albaih. All rights reserved. On the evening of June 16, 2012, female students living in the University of Khartoum dormitories demonstrated against increasing accommodation costs and the government’s general price hikes. Unable to afford a basic meal or bus fare, they took to the streets in protest. Along the demonstration route, the girls...#SudanRevolts: Transcript of the First #MuftahChat on Twitter
Muftah Editors | 24 Jul 2012
On Wednesday, July 18, 2012, we held our first ever #MuftahChat on Twitter. Our topic was the ongoing revolts in Sudan and we were privileged to be joined by two Sudanese activists who have been very involved in the demonstrations, Yousif ElMahdi and Maha el Sanosi. The following is an abridged transcript of the conversation with Yousif and Maha and the overwhelming...#MuftahChat: Debating & Defying Stereotypes about the Middle East
Muftah Editors | 12 Jul 2012
Join the Muftah team at the hashtag #MuftahChat on the first and third Wednesday of every month at 12:30 pm Eastern Standard Time for a Twitter discussion of all things Middle East. Themes will include policy, religion, political transformation, human rights, and culture, among other topics. Everyone with an interest in the Middle East and North Africa is invited...Detained in Sudan: When Nightmares Turn Into Reality
Mimz* | 6 Jul 2012
A protest on Elbow Licking Friday, June 29, 2012 (Photo credit: Nabeel Alhady) (Source: www.girifna.com) In my dream, I was inside a tunnel. The tunnel was jammed with cars, and I was in one of them. I was alone in the taxi, and the driver was frustrated with the heavy traffic. The tunnel seemed endless, and I asked the driver to roll down the windows because...Floods v. Housemaids: Sudan is Unaware
NubianQ* | 27 Aug 2012
I’ve been washing dishes. Lots of dishes. It is my oasis from the hustle, the bustle and the noise. And if there are no dirty dishes? I wash what’s in the dishwasher. None in there either? Well, I’ll...A Bona Fide Deed: Fasting and Revolt in Sudan
NubianQ* | 7 Aug 2012
Source: http://nubianq.com/2012/08/01/a-bona-fide-deen/ We all remember our first days of fasting; the look of pride and elation at finally being able to partake in this very grown up thing, smugly refusing any...The Devil Shows Its Face: Government Manipulation of Islam in Sudan
Yousif ElMahdi* | 14 Jul 2012
Protesters gathered in the Sayed Abdelrahman Mosque in the Wad Nubawi district of Omdurman in Sudan, July 6, 2012 (Photo credit: Yousif ElMahdi) Following Friday prayer on July 6, 2012, hundreds of men and women...Sudan Needs Our Devotion
NubianQ* | 11 Jul 2012
Painting by Francoise Nielly I’ve been going through a technicolor brouhaha of emotions. We’re all experiencing these stages; first it was weightless elation, then suffocating worry, and now… doubt....The Agony of the Sudanese Diaspora
NubianQ* | 3 Jul 2012
(Source: http://nubianq.com) Something awe inspiring is happening right now, right at this very moment in Sudan, as I type these words. Something that we could only speak to our pillows about at night, sending...
