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My Three Months in Prison by Kedy Osman Ali, Sudan

Author: by Kedy Osman Ali, Sudan
Published: October 23, 2017
Categories: in English, Sudan, War and Conflicts
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Tags: #enviolence, #thinkactyala, conflict, prison, sudan, sudanwar, warandconflict, yalacampaign, youth

In 2008, I was a 22-year-old boy. I finished my last exam for the Sudan High School Certificate. I was supposed to start my national service, which was compulsory in the Sudan, in two months. About 1,500 fellow students and I were receiving national service training when we were ordered to go to fight the […]

What happened on December 31st, 2005

Author: Adam Ahmed, Sudan
Published: May 19, 2017
Categories: in Civil Activism, Current Events, English, Gender and LGBTQ, Sudan, War and Conflicts
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Tags: cairo, demonstration, egypt, police, refugees, sudan, violence

It was a cold evening in Mustafa Mahmoud Square, in the middle of Cairo, Egypt. I was sitting among almost 3,000 asylum seekers from Sudan and South Sudan; we were there for a sit-in against the United Nation Commission for Refugee’s (UNHCR) new policy toward Sudanese and South Sudanese refugees in Egypt. The square is […]

About Borders and Prejudice, by Marwa from Sudan

Published: March 1, 2017
Categories: in English, Human Rights, Sudan
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Tags: Borders, history, love, sudan

It is said that where we find our hearts, we find our homes, but I see it as a limitation to hearts as well as to homes, just like limiting lands with borders and calling them countries. This is not a story of love and prejudice, but rather of geopolitics and globalization. It begins in […]

Dashiki by Khalid Siraj Aldeen, Sudan

Published: February 15, 2017
Categories: in English, Identity, Sudan
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Tags: clothing, Culture, dashiki, diversity, sudan

Wearing my headphones, I hopped onto public transport. Peaking my head up as soon as I left, I was surprised by the passengers staring at me. It was as if I had committed a grave mistake. Followed by their gaze, I took a step back to review my stance. It had only been few seconds […]

The Tent by Thabit from Sudan

Published: July 6, 2016
Categories: in Current Events, English, Sudan
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Tags: europe, macedonia, mother, refugees, sudan, youth

Among the thousands I saw every day in and around the Idomeni camp at the Macedonian border, I once encountered a young mother who I will never forget. She was, like many other refugees, men, women and children alike, walking the 25 km that separated them from the border. I was walking, purposefully dealing with many […]

An Act of Love

Author: Marwa, Sudan
Published: June 23, 2016
Categories: in Human Rights, Past Special Editions, Sudan, Uncategorized
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Tags: Female Genital Mutilation, sudan

It’s 9 in the morning; the cool breeze of the winter season caresses our tiny sleepy faces. The humming voices of students reciting Qura’an in the yard broke the silence in our classroom. Our 4th Grade teacher walked in holding his black leather bag and announced that today’s class is going to be on ‘Female […]

Om Salama by Mohamed Abubakr, Sudan

Published: February 16, 2016
Categories: in Sudan, Uncategorized
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Few dozens of miles south of UNHCR camp in Darfur, Sudan, the mission of a group of young, enthusiastic human rights watch-dogs turned from observing and reporting human rights violations committed during the war in areas beyond UN reach, to personally taking care of hundreds of newly created war refugees. A small temporary camp was […]

Video | Women of the Middle East

Published: November 19, 2015
Categories: in Civil Activism, Culture and Heritage, Egypt, Friendship, Gender and LGBTQ, Human Rights, Identity, Israel, Media, Morocco, Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Tolerance, Uncategorized, Videos
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Tags: algeria, education, egypt, equality, Freedom of Speech, iraq, israel, middle east, morocco, palestine, sudan, syria, women

Women from all over the Middle East are speaking up – for education, safety, equality, for their freedom of speech. They come from Palestine, Israel, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Morocco, Algeria and Sudan, but they are united in commitment to be the voice of the voiceless.

Dear President Obama

Author: Mohamed Abubaker, Sudan
Published: March 26, 2013
Categories: in Conflict & Peacebuilding, Current Events, English, Politics, Sudan, Uncategorized
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Tags: MohamedSalihAbubakr, Obama, peace, sudan, yalayoungleaders

Dear Mr. President, First of all, welcome back to the region. I hope you’ll enjoy your short stay here. And I hope you will notice that nothing has changed around here since your last visit – perhaps the weather is a bit better now. People told me to lower my expectations about your last visit. […]