Opinion

By Dr Amal Al-Sheikh – Psychologist The fall of the city of Al-Fashir was not an ordinary episode in Sudan’s war; it was a defining moment that shook the very soul of the nation. Al-Fashir is not just a city in the west of the country —…

Dr AbdelAzim Hassan — Lawyer Calls by Jim Risch, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, to designate the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) as a foreign terrorist organisation will find no acceptance — neither at the US domestic level…

Muhannad Awad Mahmoud In a time when facts are muddled and concepts are distorted, El-Fashir remains a speaking witness that heroism is not measured by the distances we travel but by the stands we take; El-Fashir did not fall as…

By Rashid Abdul Rahim The army did not go to El-Fashir to attack it, expel its inhabitants, or occupy it — nor did it go to Ed Daein. The army was present in these cities, in the capital, in Al-Jazirah, and throughout Sudan long before…

Dr Al-Khidr Haroun The fall of Al-Fashir into the hands of the Janjaweed after a legendary defence was a heavy blow to all Sudanese. It confirms the attachment of the majority of Sudanese to the unity of the land we live upon, and shows…

Dr. Muzammil Abu Al-Qasim Only now… will the international community, the World Food Programme, other UN agencies and donors allow humanitarian aid into stricken Al-Fashir! Their reeking lorries will reach El-Fasher, the city…

By Bahr Idris Abu Qurda What is happening now in the city of El-Fashir, and what is being planned in closed rooms from Nairobi to Juba to Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv, is not just an internal conflict or a war of militia power-play……

Dr Al-Dirdiri Mohamed Ahmed Because of this war, time has reversed to the dawn of independence, and the people are re-gathering around what they once gathered for when Al-Azhari and Al-Mahjoub raised the flag. Because of this war, too, the…

Heba Mahmoud Sadiq Farid It is nothing but a passing cloud of sadness raining heroism, bravery, and dignity. El Fasher, that steadfast city on the brink of pain, only fell with its body. Its spirit, however, remains steadfast,…

By Dr. Khidir Haroun Underneath the Statue of Liberty, Emma Lazarus (1838–1887) composed a poem known as The New Colossus, celebrating the United States of America as a humane refuge for oppressed people from all over the world,…