Posts About Sudan
Prophetic Middle East Poetry
Somalia/UAE - By delving into the Arab literary wisdom one stumbles on the prophetic manner in which Arab and Muslim poets and philosophers through history have predicted the present situation with precision.
Community Censorship Plagues the House of Islam
Somalia/United Arab Emirates - Whenever a Muslim writer takes up a pen he starts tiptoeing in a minefield. Everything is a taboo.
Why No Action in Darfur? Race
Somalia/United Arab Emirates - Looking at the prolonged suffering of the people of Darfur, one wonders why the world fails to act? There is a nagging explanation that comes to the African's mind: The question of race....
Calling the UN's Bluff
London, England - If the UN permanent five care a hoot for their reputation, they must now force the Sudanese government to accept the UN peacekeepers....
The Arab League: "Coalition of the Weak"
Paris France - Urgent: Western countries have to prove they are not merely gesticulating on Darfur....
PostGlobal Bloggers
M. J. Akbar, New Delhi, India Mubashar Jawed Akbar is a leading Indian journalist and author. He's the founder and editor-in-chief of The Asian Age, a daily multi-edition Indian newspaper with a global perspective and editor-in-chief of The Deccan Chronicle, a news daily based in Hyderabad. He has written books including Blood Brothers, Nehru: The Making of India, Kashmir: Behind the Vale, Riot After Riot, The Shade of Swords, and India: The Siege Within. Kyoko Altman, Hong Kong, China Kyoko Altman is a writer based in Hong Kong. She has worked as a correspondent and anchor for CNN and...
Human Rights Supercedes Solidarity
Johannesburg, South Africa- Regional solidarity should never trump human rights needs, whether its Zimbabwean buttressed by southern African allies, the Israel's invasion of Lebanon supported by the U.S, or now the Sudanese regime's repression being aided by the Arab League and others....
