Tag: current-events

{Monologue in my Head} by nubianqNov 16, 20173:09 am

{Benjamin and Awad: Our Unsung Heroes}

Before reading I kindly ask that you take a moment, twenty-four minutes and fifty-three seconds to be exact, to watch the full documentary with the link provided below. Watch it not only for the […]

{Monologue in my Head} by nubianqDec 18, 201610:39 am

{Privilege of Silence}

A month has passed since I came back to Sudan. I’ve kept mostly silent through out social media during this time. Partly due to immediately being submerged into family duties & formalities but mostly from […]

{Monologue in my Head} by nubianqJul 18, 20161:24 am

{These Roots}

Where is home? A year ago I would’ve given the answer of a third culture kid. “It’s complicated” Home is never the place we currently reside. Anything outside of Sudan is temporary. Even when we’d […]

{Poetry} by nubianqDec 9, 20145:50 am

This Charming Man & This Charming Lady {Text}

This Charming man Knows how to treat a girl, forget the bumbling fools, the awkward, awkwardly wearing either too tight or too loose a buttoned down collared shirt, cant even look a girl straight in […]

{Monologue in my Head} by nubianqMar 4, 201412:30 pm

{ lessالقيمة v. القيمة }

‘Silence gives answers’ – Rumi I’ve had this plan since I was 14. It seemed like a simple one; to go back and stay in Sudan. Not as a bride or old & wanting to […]

{Monologue in my Head} by nubianqSep 26, 201310:55 am

{ThePizza/HotDog/Children’s Revolution}

This is not an analysis or quip on what is currently happening. Not even a poem, or well written homage just a way to let the words come. To make sense. With the sights of […]

{Monologue in my Head} by nubianqAug 5, 20137:05 am

#KHARTOUMisDROWNING… & no one seems to care

UPDATE: an official statement from Nafeer Daily Media Report – August 17, 2013 Wide-scale popular efforts have continued with wide participation to assist the victims of the rains and floods that affected several parts of […]

{Monologue in my Head} by nubianqOct 25, 20121:26 am

Sudan is {EXPLICIT}

Am at a standstill. News after shitty news keeps assailing my ears & eyes but like any good fairytale I wanted to be able to write a story where even when things looked bleak, there […]

{Monologue in my Head} by nubianqAug 28, 20122:14 am

{Floods v. Housemaids: Sudan is Unaware}

First featured in Muftah on Aug 27, 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 […]

#SudanRevolts by nubianqAug 15, 20125:44 pm

[A Sudanese Summer: The Sudan Revolts One Month On] By #SudanRevolts*

Originally Posted on Muftah.Org on Aug 15, 2012 | http://muftah.org/a-sudanese-summer-the-sudan-revolts-one-month-on/3/ 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 […]

{Monologue in my Head} by nubianqJul 11, 20121:32 am

{Sudan Needs Our Devotion!}

Published in Muftah 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. You know that heavy doubt, like that Meryl […]

{Monologue in my Head} by nubianqJun 30, 20123:06 am

{The Agony of the Sudanese Diaspora}

Published in Muftah 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 […]