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Open Letter to Sudanese President Regarding Censorship and Intimidation Campaign
![[Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. Image by U.S. Navy via Wikimedia Commons]](/content_images/3/sm_Image-Omar_al_Bashir-USNavy-WikimediaCommons.jpg "[Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. Image by U.S. Navy via Wikimedia Commons]")
[The following letter was issued by the Committe to Protect Journalists on 18 April 2013.] President Omar Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir Office of the President, People's Palace P.O. Box 281, Khartoum, Sudan Your Excellency, The Committee to Protect Journalists, an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes press freedom worldwide, is disturbed by the ongoing campaign by the Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) to intimidate journalists and interfere in their work, including by censoring newspapers. In particular we are concerned for the safety of the Khartoum bureau chief for international news network Al-Jazeera, ...
Keep Reading »January 2013 Culture
Jadaliyya's first monthly culture bouquet of 2013 has arrived! Painters Samia Halaby and Athir Shayota contribute to Visuals in 1500, a new series of profiles that takes a single work of art as the starting point for larger discussions on aesthetics. Marilyn Hacker translates a poem by Taher Bekri. Maia Tabet translates a chapter from Sudanese novelist Amir Tag Elsir's "Ebola '76." Alia Yunis interviews Syrian director Nabil Maleh. Iraqi artist Sadik Kwaish Alfaraji contemplates the plight of the Arab Sisyphus. Spread the word and enjoy! Samia Halaby, "Homage to Leonard" Athir Shayota, "From Baghdad to New York: Reflections on ...
Keep Reading »Sudan: Major Reform or More War
![[ICG logo. Image from crisisgroup.org]](/content_images/3/sm_ICGlogoweb.jpg "[ICG logo. Image from crisisgroup.org]")
[The following report was issued by International Crisis Group on 29 November 2012.] Sudan: Major Reform or More War Executive Summary The “Sudan Problem” has not gone away with the South’s secession. Chronic conflict, driven by concentration of power and resources in the centre, continues to plague the country. The solution is a more inclusive government that addresses at least some of the peripheries’ grievances, but pledges to transform governance remain unfulfilled. A key hurdle – though not the only one – is President Bashir, who has further concentrated authority in a small circle of trusted officials and is unwilling to step aside. Many hope for regime change ...
Keep Reading »#SudanRevolts: Halima's Testimony (Video)
![[Screenshot from youtube.com]](/content_images/3/sm_halimascreen.png "[Screenshot from youtube.com]")
The following video is the account of a University of Khartoum student named Halima. While on campus during a protest on 9 July 2012, she was shot with a rubber bullet by police officers, resulting in the loss of her right eye.
Keep Reading »Free Citizen Journalists in Sudan & Call for Videos
![[Citizen journalist captures wreckage in Sudan in 2012. Image by ENOUGH Project via Flickr]](/content_images/3/sm_sudancitizenjournalist.png "[Citizen journalist captures wreckage in Sudan in 2012. Image by ENOUGH Project via Flickr]")
[The following statement was issued by Sudan Watch on 22 July 2012. The organization is calling for brief videos about the importance of citizen journalism for an upcoming campaign.] Citizen journalism has been changing the media landscape since the rise of blogs in the late 90s. This was further accelerated by the Arab Spring. It has moved from a nuisance to the only source of information where access is impossible for traditional media. It was citizen journalists who brought us pictures and videos from Libya when journalists were unable to gain access to the country. It is still citizen journalists who provide us with almost all content from Syria. ...
Keep Reading »"The Jews of Our Time?": Israel's Deportation of the South Sudanese
![[Salva Kiir, President of South Sudan. Image from Wikimedia Commons.]](/content_images/3/sm_Kiir_awaits_-_Flickr_-_Al_Jazeera_English.jpg "[Salva Kiir, President of South Sudan. Image from Wikimedia Commons.]")
Planeloads of South Sudanese refugees from Israel have been landing in South Sudan’s capital of Juba over the past few weeks. Many of them had been living in the poor neighborhoods of Hatikva and Shapira in southern Tel Aviv, working in such jobs as hotel chambermaids or waiters. Israel has justified the deportations with the explanation that because South Sudan seceded from Sudan in July 2011, the refugees can now return to their home country without fear. Their calls deliberately disregard ongoing violence between Sudan and South Sudan as well as aggression between rival South Sudanese groups. The Interior Ministry announced that the South Sudanese would ...
Keep Reading »Understanding the Prospects and Challenges for Another Popular Intifada in Sudan
![[Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir at an African Union summit. Image by Jesse B. Awalt. From Wikimedia Commons.]](/content_images/3/sm_Omar_al-Bashir,_12th_AU_Summit,_090131-N-0506A-347.jpg "[Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir at an African Union summit. Image by Jesse B. Awalt. From Wikimedia Commons.]")
While the attention of the Western and Arab media has focused on the historic victory of the Muslim Brotherhood’s presidential candidate in Egypt, street protests of a scale not witnessed for two decades continued into their second week in Khartoum and other major Sudanese cities. Anti-government protests, initially led by students from the University of Khartoum, have inspired similar nation-wide demonstrations in al-Obeid, Kosti, al-Gadaref, Port Sudan, Wad Medani, and Atbara. They began on June 16th with courageous female students at the University of Khartoum’s downtown campus taking to the streets chanting “no, no to higher prices” and “freedom, freedom.” The ...
Keep Reading »The Palm House
![[Tarek Eltayeb. Image by Hans Labler]](/content_images/3/sm_Eltayeb-photo-Labler.jpg "[Tarek Eltayeb. Image by Hans Labler]")
It was Eid al-Adha, the Feast of the Sacrifice. I had been staying in the village of Wad al-Kababish, the one closest to where Wad al-Nar used to be, but separated from it by a vast desert. Exactly forty days had passed since the funeral I described. Quivering, I made my way through the crowds that stood in the shade like palm trees leaning over a riverbank in the morning. They were standing all in a row, as if they were waiting for God’s mercy to bring a ram down from heaven for them. But that didn’t happen. Walking through the village in my flowing white robe, I looked like the mast of a ship whose sails are caught in a gust of wind. Wad al-Kababish: of the ...
Keep Reading »New Texts Out Now: Khalid Medani, "Strife and Secession in Sudan"
Khalid Medani, “Strife and Secession in Sudan,” Journal of Democracy 22.3 (July 2011): 135-149. Jadaliyya: What made you write this article? Khalid Medani: I wrote the article “Strife and Secession in Sudan” because I felt very strongly that the analysis of the politics in Sudan has long been characterized by misrepresentations and simply a lack of understanding of the roots of the conflicts in the country and the problems having to do with the secession of South Sudan in the longer term. On the one hand, policymakers have been invested in overseeing the secession of the South based on their own calculations and geopolitical interests rather than those of the people ...
Keep Reading »An Old Regime in New Sudan: Politics After Secession
![[Omar al-Bashir. Image from unknown archive.]](/content_images/3/sm_Omar-al-Bashir-picture.jpg "[Omar al-Bashir. Image from unknown archive.]")
The government of Sudan is entering into a period of extreme instability. When the newly independent country of South Sudan seceded from the north on 9 July, it left behind a political and economic system on the verge of collapse. Many of the same conditions that prevailed in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya on the eve of their popular protests are present in Sudan as well, including rising commodity prices, high unemployment, and spectacular examples of official corruption. President Omar al-Bashir is deeply unpopular in many parts of the country, and as the economy slows he will find it increasingly difficult to pay the wages of the country’s bloated security ...
Keep Reading »New Hope on the Nile
![[Image from http://blog.gohoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/River-Nile-Egypt-Gohoto.jpg]](/content_images/3/sm_River-Nile-Egypt-Gohoto.jpg "[Image from http://blog.gohoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/River-Nile-Egypt-Gohoto.jpg]")
A new, post-Mubarak Egypt has given both Egyptians and other Arabs alike, hope that Egypt can once again reclaim its role as the focal point from which Arab culture and politics emanate. The opening up of the Rafah border crossing into Gaza and the active promotion of a unity government in the Palestinian Territories are both indications that this is slowly happening. However, Egypt’s regional affiliation is not only with the Middle East, but extends towards its riparian partners along the Nile as well. And on that front, events in the immediate months after the fall of Mubarak indicated that an Egypt in transition, unable to take firm political positions, could be taken ...
Keep Reading »بورتسودان: تلك المدينة الزهرة
[مدن، زاوية جديدة على "جدلية" يكتب فيها الكتاب والكاتبات عن مدنهم المفضلة. يفتتح السلسلة الكاتب السوداني أمير تاج السرّ] بالرغم من أنني ولدت في قرية صغيرة شمال السودان، إلا أنني ارتبطت كثيراً بمدينة بورتسودان، الميناء الذي أنشأه الاستعمار الإنجليزي، بديلاً عن ميناء مدينة سواكن المجاورة، التي غدت بعد ذلك ولزمن طويل، مجرد تاريخ مهجور تحفه الفوضى والأساطير الغامضة، بعد أن سرقت بورتسودان رونقها وعمالها، وسفن الرحيل المتعددة التي كانت تغشاها زماناً، قبل أن تنتعش من جديد مؤخراً، وتستخدم كميناء آخر، ...
Keep Reading »Amir Tag Elsir: Ebola '76
A Chapter from Amir Tag Elsir’s Ebola ‘76 Translated from the Arabic by Maia Tabet In times of Tragedy, Things seem real. Eyes are real. The hand that greets a neighbor is real, And the moon is real, not just a fantasy in the distance. My sweetheart asks me about the meaning of reality, I refer her question to Tragedy, Passers-by ask me about the meaning of real blood. It is that which is sown by Tragedy, I say. Cautionary Note In August 1976, the deadly Ebola virus ...
Keep Reading »الترابي في الثمانين
من أكتوبر إلى يونيو: إفلاس الرؤية وبؤس السيرة [1] أكمل الدكتور حسن الترابي، الزعيم الإسلامي، عامه الثمانين هذا العام. وإن قلنا إن شخصاً ما في أي مكان في عالمنا اليوم قد أكمل عامه الكذا فإن مثل هذه الجملة لا تثير في الغالب مشكلة، إلا أنها ربما تثير مشكلة في حالة الترابي. فالترابي عندما سئل مرة عن تاريخ ميلاده وهو ماثل أمام محكمة فإنه أعطى تاريخ ميلاده بالهجري. ولاشك أن الترابي، وهو رجل القانون من ناحية ورجل الحركة الإسلامية من ناحية، قد فكّر في الأمر قبل إعطاء إجابته. لا شك أنه رأى أن صياغة إجابته بتلك ...
Keep Reading »Interview with Representative of Sudan Change Now
[Over the last month, a protest movement has gripped Sudan. The movement pronounced Friday 13 July "Kadanka Friday" in order to highlight the role of women in the opposition movement. Below, Heather McRobie interviews Rawa Gafar Bakhit, a representative of Sudan Change Now, about the overall course of the movement and women's role in #SudanRevolts. The interview was published by OpenDemocracy on 19 July 2012. ] Heather McRobie (HM): What are the goals of #SudanRevolts? ...
Keep Reading »An Open Letter to the President of Republic of Sudan
[The following letter was originally published on Young Professionals in Human Rights on 30 June 2012.] Dear Mr. Omer Elbashier: When you took over power, it was uncomfortable. When you fired skilled workers in civic service, it was unreasonable. When you introduced Sharia laws, it was painful. When your regime announced war against South Sudan, I feared for my family and friends. But now, after 23 years under your governance, after 23 years of ...
Keep Reading »نظرة على الآفاق والتحديات التي تواجه انتفاضة جديدة في السودان
[نشر هذا المقال للمرة الأولى على جدلية باللغة الإنجليزية. قام بترجمته إلى العربية علي أديب النعيمي.] بينما كان الاهتمام الإعلامي العربي والدولي منصباً على فوز الإخوان المسلمين بالانتخابات الرئاسية في مصر، استمرت مظاهرات غير مسبوقة منذ عقدين من الزمن في شوارع الخرطوم ومدن سودانية كبيرة أخرى للأسبوع الثاني. ألهمت المظاهرات المعادية للحكومة، والتي قادها في البدء طلبة جامعة الخرطوم، مظاهرات مماثلة كبيرة في العبيد، والقضارف، وبورسودان، وواد مدني، وعطبرة. بدأت المظاهرات في السادس عشر من حزيران بطالبة ...
Keep Reading »بيان من اللاجئين السودانيين المضربين عن الطعام في بيروت
نحن اللاجئون السودانيون المضربون عن الطعام لليوم الثاني عشر على التوالي أمام مقر المفوضية العليا للاجئين في بيروت، كنا قد نفّذنا بالسابق عدداً من المظاهرات السلمية، آخرها في شهر أبريل\نيسان 2012 أمام مكتب المفوضية للمطالبة: 1- بإعادة التوطين وتحديد صفة اللجوء 2- تحويل شهادات التسجيل إلى شهادات لجوء 3- النظر في إمكانيّة إعادة فتح الملفات المغلقة وعلى الرغم من كل تحرّكاتنا السلميّة لم نلق من المفوضية سوى المراوغة والكذب. حيث أنه في اعتصام أبريل/نيسان الأخير اعتصم قرابة ٥٠ ...
Keep Reading »Democracy Now! Interview with Mahmood Mamdani on Regional Implications of NATO Intervention
This is an interview conducted with Mahmood Mamdani on Wednesday, 14 September, in regards to recent developments in Libya and Sudan. The interview addresses the implications of NATO's intervention in Libya and the independence of South Sudan, highlighting the regional implications for the African continent. As the African Union meets today, Columbia University professor and Africa scholar Mahmood Mamdani joins us to give his take on the regional and global implications of NATO’s intervention in Libya, ...
Keep Reading »Sudan: Slippery Slope
After three months of conflict in the Nuba Mountains of Southern Kordofan, the Sudanese authorities on 23 August declared a temporary ceasefire. This was despite the failure two days earlier of another round of peace talks between the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army – North (SPLM/A-N)1 and the ruling National Congress Party (NCP). Given the deep mistrust between the parties and the rampant militarization of the area, the fighting could well resume over the coming weeks. The initial phase of ...
Keep Reading »South Sudan: Post-Independence Opportunities and Challenges
The independence of South Sudan, and the birth of the fifty-fourth state on the African continent, is a pivotal and historic event for the state of Sudan, and for the continent as a whole. The significance of the event goes beyond a mere change in the geographical boundaries of the divided country and the end of an era in its political history; its consequences will necessarily result in long-term change in the geopolitical realities of the region, and will lead to the emergence of new strategic ...
Keep Reading »The Arabs in Africa
As Libyans rise up against the 41-year-old dictatorship of Muammar al-Qaddafi, one of the most striking claims of state violence has been the hiring of “African mercenaries” to crush the revolt. Like Hosni Mubarak’s “thugs” (or baltagiya in Arabic, terms that gained widespread currency almost instantly), the mercenaries represent the anti-populist face of violence, those who are willing to take to the streets not for reasons of personal conviction or national duty, but for compensation from the embattled ...
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