War in Darfur Over? But what about George Clooney?

“If war is a conflict whereby today you attack and then go back home and stay until three, four, five months and come back… If that is a definition of war then there is a war in Darfur.”

Not That It Matters

But the US’s top envoy on Sudan calls for a change of course. Apparently he did not get the memo that the US policy towards the African country is not based on some sort of facts-on-the-ground situation. The special envoy and former Air Force general stats that he is aware of no evidence that call [...]

The Illegitimate Child of International Justice

The arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court against the president of Sudan serves to delegitimize the legal body in the eyes of those who need it most. Omar Hassan Al-Bashir defiantly travels to neighboring countries, Arab leaders host him with pronounced contempt for the International Criminal Court and charges it brought against him, and [...]

Rome, Jerusalem, Khartoum

On March 4, 2009, the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for the President of Sudan for war crimes and crimes against humanity. As a Sudanese-American, I was struck by my own reaction to the ruling, which was a simultaneous surge of relief tempered by unease. I felt relief because, in truth, the Sudanese government [...]

For All Those Clueless Darfur Activists…

WANTED: NEW OCCUPIER

KABOBfest is currently soliciting applications for a new occupier in the land of Palestine. We are looking for a belligerent foreign army that, like the current occupier, is brutal, menacing, and racist. Sadly, after 60 years of Zionist settlement and occupation, we have concluded that Israel is too good at its job. Namely, we are [...]

Hassan al Turabi

The Sudan tribune offers a lengthy interview with one of the most fascinating figures in the Middle East today, Hassan al Turabi. Although al Turabi can seem at times as nothing more than a shrewd political operator, he has been on both the outside and inside of the Sudanese political structure and has a lot [...]

Muslim Live8

A collection of Islamic organizations and charities are producing a Muslim style Live8 concert in England to celebrate Eid and raise funds and awareness for Darfur. Although I couldn’t find the concert lineup, it looks like the headliner will definitely be Sami Yusuf, who has recently been the focus of a fair amount of media [...]

Mithl Me

There are things about the Middle East and its treatment of diversity that I really like. Countries like Syria and Jordan have absorbed wave after wave of refugees through history. Circassians, Chechens, Armenians, Palestinians, Iraqis and many other groups and now an integral part of the fabric in those countries. I met a community of [...]

Everyone’s Doing it, LeBron. Just Sign the Letter!

Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James caused a mini-controversy by refusing to “sign an open letter, written by his teammate Ira Newble condemning China’s government for contributing to the genocide of people in the Darfur region of Sudan,” according to an article by PA Sports Ticker. “China cannot be a legitimate host to the premier international [...]