Sudan Horizon

Art & Culture

A Butterfly Dream

By: Dr. Eiman Abbas El-Nour How long can love last ? How strong can a fatigued heart beat? The love that feeds on the past The heart that exists on memories I try to paint a butterfly Or write a joyful verse Or make baobab juice…

A Sufi’s Balad

By: Dr. Eiman Abbas El-Nour Are you in exile With the rest of my people? Singing to a different audience An alien tune What ails your heart, my friend? What pains your soul I saw this pain Even before our loss How can you…

Three Poems on the Nile

By: Dr. Eiman Abbas El-Nour Chess by the River I tell you the story You illustrate You portray the path I animate Is it the same road to the river? For two people who are not swimmers? We sit by an abandoned boat And play…

This land is Ours 🎼

By: Dr. Eiman Abbas El-Nour I watch your face I know that you can see Even with closed eyes I feel your thoughts In your rhythmic breathing I pray for a miracle Are you faking this tragic state? To punish your prodigal sons? To…

The Farm by the Blue Nile

By: Dr. Eiman Abbas El-Nour Draw the face of the monster That's chasing you Tell me the name of your pain Am here to listen, and tell Laugh and weep Mourn the seamless past And crooked present To hold your hand And navigate…

This October is not Green

By: Dr. Eiman Abbas El-Nour Blessed be this moment of revelation I can see you clearly through the fog Courtesy of my new prescription glasses And my caffeine heart Sadness is clean and crisp Its edges will make you bleed…