Tag: Khartoum

{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 […]

{Short Stories} by nubianqSep 9, 201711:11 am

Scene ١

Artwork by Hanadi Alqurashi She barely hides her smile as she unfastens her earrings. Reaching for the lights she lets the end of her toub slide across the floor, a tease for him though he […]

{Monologue in my Head} by nubianqFeb 21, 20176:19 pm

{ام العريس / mother of the groom}

A year, ten months and thirteen days have passed. And your youngest son has decided to marry. Jokingly they call me ‘ام العريس / mother of the groom’, and while I keep smiling I grimace […]

{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 nubianqApr 15, 20147:26 am

{Makana: Sudan’s Very Own Detective Hero}

The Golden Scales by Parker Bilal Published January 31st 2012 by Bloomsbury USA (first published January 2nd 2012) ISBN 1608197948 (ISBN13: 9781608197941) Buy it here It was the first time in a long time that […]

{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 31, 20136:10 pm

{Merry’Go’Round’Khartoum}

The family had been drifting. Not necessarily apart, but into the lukewarmness of each being too busy with work, errands, the intricacy of living & holding a set of reservations, old burns & secrets against […]

{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 nubianqJul 11, 20136:40 am

{Ramadan Log 2013}

When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person died for no reason – Hemingway The last week or so of Ramadan I stopped writing because I […]