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A Travesty, a Logistical Nightmare, Irrelevant, Democracy
Four ways of looking at Sudan’s national elections Sudan’s first multiparty elections in 24 years started yesterday in an atmosphere of anger, hope and confusion. The last election, in 1986, followed...
View ArticleSudan: The Carter Center’s Preliminary Statement
Here’s a link to the Carter Center’s 21-page preliminary statement on Sudan’s elections. I breezed through the bullets, and the center’s key points seem to be: 1) It wasn’t a fair election. 2) Still,...
View ArticleNick Clegg is no Harry Perkins.
The surge in popularity by Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats ahead of Britain’s general election is the kind of story an American can get behind. Fresh face, clean values, no nukes, green as green,...
View ArticleSudan: Where Children Vote
My newest piece, a bit truncated, on the opinion pages of today’s New York Daily News. Apparently I’m keeping Charles Krauthammer’s seat warm.
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Gratified in Gotham
I’m very pleased that The Black Nile has been named one of the Village Voice’s Best Books of 2010, joining the likes of Patti Smith, Milan Kundera, Jennifer Egan, and The Anthology of Rap. This comes...
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The Dam Bursts in Egypt
I’m not in Egypt, and I wish I was. Here’s a piece I wrote for Slate.com on the exhilarating and hard-won freedom from fear that has overtaken hundreds of thousands of Egyptians. Meanwhile, as the...
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Meet the Bernie Madoff of Sudan
There’s an old saying in Darfur that goes: Kalash au bilash; Kalash begim al kash. Translation: “You’re trash without a Kalashnikov; get some cash with a Kalashnikov.” My newest story at Slate.com is...
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Sudan Cracks Up
My four-day series on the coming breakup of Sudan in Slate magazine has received good notices from the likes of The Village Voice, The Browser, Bobby Ghosh of Time magazine, Microkhan, and the...
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Revolution on the Nile
In just eight days a new country, the Republic of South Sudan, will be born. It’s a huge step – but not the last step – in a 55-years-and-counting struggle for dignity and self-determination. The...
View ArticleA Valentine from North to South Sudan
Marking the birth of the Republic of South Sudan, some northerners say goodbye, and welcome. Video conceived and compiled by Mo Elzubeir. It’s kind of a tearjerker.
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