The United Nations has called this the most devastating humanitarian and displacement crisis in the world. Killings, rapes and famine are affecting millions of people. What will happen to the people of Sudan if things don't change? And why is this crisis being mostly ignored by the international community?
Presenter: Stefanie Dekker
Guests: Elbashir Idris - Political affairs analyst
Bayadir Mohamed-Osman - Activist and poet
Omer Elnaiem - Head of UNHCR Africa content hub
Read More“From Baltimore, Bayadir Mohamed-Osman, 27, said she often feels that Sudanese groups ‘have been doing the work of global organizations.’”
Read MoreThinking Allowed Podcast: Mahmoud Elansary and Bayadir, 2 Muslim Americans, discuss Baydirs poem after she recites it and the meaning behind it. They discuss womens expectation to cook and clean and how she almost lost her self in the process of a relationship. They discuss how women lose themselves after marriage, and slightly touch on the medical treatment inequality for black people.
By the oldest college newspaper in Pennsylvania The LaFayette Newspaper. Article written by Mario Sanchez
“For the first time in more than a month, Laurel-based Sudanese American poet and community organizer Bayadir Mohamed-Osman was able to contact her aunt in Sudan on Tuesday morning. She was in the car when she got the message via WhatsApp, which read “at last.” When Mohamed-Osman saw it, she began to cry.”
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“Being a Muslim hijabi woman, we are seen as an ambassador of the Islamic faith. But then again, are we? This is a question we are grappling with ourselves. We are not condemning the Muslim women who decide to share their experiences about the hijab. It’s all up to Muslim community how they interact and discuss the hijab. We just have to remember that it’s perceived relationship to oppression is not the only discussion worth having. We are not here to prove we are not oppressed; we are here to lead normal lives and practice our faith.”
Public health professional, poet, and activist Bayadir Mohamed-Osman speaks to Kwena Moabelo.
Women who were leading the push to remove Omar al-Bashir.
