Sunday, August 24, 2008

Latest on Arab racism, Arabism in Africa [August, 2008]


Latest on Arab racism, Arabism in Africa [August, 2008]


AFRICA INSIGHT - Locking up Sudan’s Al-Bashi ...
Daily Nation, Kenya - Jul 24, 2008
Sudanese intellectuals, like Deng and Prof Ibrahim, have seen Arab racism as the curse of Sudan
http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=39&newsid=128002

A witness and victim of the conflict in Darfur finds a voice
Economist, UK - Aug 14, 2008
The description of playground rivalries between the “African” girls and the “Arab” girls captures the racism and snobbery that underlie the conflict. ...
http://www.economist.com/books/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11919269

Mbeki and the Butcher of Khartoum
Huffington Post, NY - Aug 8, 2008
Mbeki's siding with the Butcher of Khartoum is painful and incomprehensible. ... Brutality, Arab racism, genocide, slavery were chapters of the same book; parts of the same side of the coin of injustice and totalitarianism.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pius-kamau/mbeki-and-the-butcher-of_b_117148.html

Darfuri Refugee Thanks British Jewry
by Justin Cohen - Thursday 7th August 2008
A Darfuri refugee this week made an emotional plea to Anglo-Jewry to continue supporting those forced to flee the region as he thanked the Jewish News for its efforts to halt deportations to Sudan
Pouring out his heart this week, the 32-year-old recalled how he was forbidden from speaking his own language at school “because the Arab government wanted us to be more Arabic” and how Black Africans had to sit at the back of the class.
http://www.totallyjewish.com/news/national/c-9772/darfuri-refugee-thanks-british-jewry/

Egyptian troops execute another Darfur refugee
Israel Today, Israel - Aug 6, 2008
Egyptian troops have killed at least 20 African refugees trying to reach Israel this year alone. In at least one incident late last year the Egyptians even ...
Thousands of Sudanese refugees from Darfur have been in Egypt for years. Recently, many have begun making the long difficult trek across the Sinai desert to escape the oppression and discrimination they experience at Egyptian hands
http://www.israeltoday.co.il/default.aspx?tabid=178&nid=16830

A Sudanese killed as he attempts to cross into Israel
Thursday 21 August 2008 02:46. Printer-Friendly version Comments...
August 20, 2008 (ISMAILIA) — Egyptian police shot dead a 27-year-old Sudanese man while he was trying to sneak across the border into Israel. This is second killing during this month.
Since January 2008, Egyptian authorities arrested a587 illegal African migrants attempting to cross border to Israel. 172 were from Sudan and mostly from Darfur troubled region.
The killing of Ibrahim Tayeb Juma, which took place at night on Monday, brings to 20 the number of African migrants killed at the border so far this year.
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article28346



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