Suddenly... Sudan

Since May 14, fighting between the Sudanese armed forces and the SPLA has devastated the town of Abyei, which has been virtually destroyed.

22 mai 2008 / 1 minute read

I am on another airplane, packaged into a tiny seat watching a stewardess deliver tiny packages of food. below us, blueblue lake superior.

31 aoû 2007 / 5 minute read

this is an end. from it, abutting it, is a beginning. one that I can't yet see.

04 aoû 2007 / 8 minute read

this morning i was packing, preparing to leave amsterdam. i laid my things on the floor of my friend's apartment and went through them, one by one. i wanted to rid myself of as many as i could.

27 juil 2007 / 4 minute read

After a long stay in Abyei, a disputed region between Sudan and South Sudan, James arrives in Amsterdam

23 juil 2007 / 5 minute read

James Maskalyk

Médecin

soon, suddenly...

I am sitting in Khartoum's airport. For the moment, everything is life size.

17 juil 2007 / 5 minute read

this is how i spent my last day in abyei. from my tukul, to the hospital to say goodbye to some of the people i have worked with and to

16 juil 2007 / 1 minute read

it has been difficult for me to write lately. partly because days need space for words to creep in. partly that, but partly because across the street, a music store has opened.

12 juil 2007 / 5 minute read

three days. friday the 13th. that is when i fly. i will overnight in a small southern town, rumbek, and continue to khartoum on saturday. in sh’allah.

10 juil 2007 / 4 minute read

the best way to get a hedgehog out of your room is to poke him with something blunt, like a shoe or a book.

09 juil 2007 / 4 minute read

a fever is the most comfortable thing in the world to slip into. it is like someone has covered you all over with fine, warm gauze.

06 juil 2007 / 5 minute read

a friend of mine once told me of an idea for a newspaper that carried only good news instead of advertising avarice and fomenting fear. headlines like:

04 juil 2007 / 5 minute read

Sudan

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