We went to spend a few quiet days to rest from the stress in Khartoum. Unfortunately we went for an extended weekend which was a big mistake. The place is basically a picknick site for ALL more wealthy Sudanese from Port Sudan and their visitors. People hanging on your porch the whole weekend. There is no privacy at all. The shared toilets get quickly totally dirty and the water doesnt run anymore as soon as all this day picknickers arrive.
Food portions are extremly small and totally overpriced. It takes a long time untill you get something, doesnt matter how long you book in advance. When you make any kind of comment to the owner (the apparently dutch - sudanese lady), she comes up with some almost racist comments towards foreigners which really upset the parents of my wife who where on a visit to Sudan.
Besides the fact that the place is really nice I would not recommend anybody to go there. Eventhough Hassan the owners son is a really nice guy and tries his best.... Its just a real pitty but in the current state and with the current policy towards guests there is nothing relaxing in staying there... Except you are the kind of person who feels relaxed in the middle of overcrowded market places....
And finally I have to say, when you travel there without your own car you almost feel a bit imprisoned and exposed to the tempers of a moody ruler...
Airport Road, Port Sudan, Sudan
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co Review
Charitable business for children's education. Full of clever products with amazing funny copy all over it. You can buy a small can of x-ray of a jug of invisibility. You can try on capes and have wind blown around you. You can be de-vilanized. But remember to always be vigilant and always true.
Was just here last night to hear Valentino Achak Deng speak. If none of you know, this guys story is truly amazing. He's a refugee from Sudan, "escaped" to the US has seen countless people murdered, raped and injured. If you haven't read or heard of him, I would highly recommend Egger's book based on his life story, "What is the What" - I don't want to get into too much detail here about the book because I'd rather have you cats read it. Truly life-inspiring. His speaking was fantastic, concise, and uplifiting. Oh, and although I didn't get to check the venue out too much (place was packed!) from what I saw, it was sweet and for a great cause!
372 5th Ave
(at 6th St)
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Neighborhood: Park Slope
(718) 499-9884
Was just here last night to hear Valentino Achak Deng speak. If none of you know, this guys story is truly amazing. He's a refugee from Sudan, "escaped" to the US has seen countless people murdered, raped and injured. If you haven't read or heard of him, I would highly recommend Egger's book based on his life story, "What is the What" - I don't want to get into too much detail here about the book because I'd rather have you cats read it. Truly life-inspiring. His speaking was fantastic, concise, and uplifiting. Oh, and although I didn't get to check the venue out too much (place was packed!) from what I saw, it was sweet and for a great cause!
372 5th Ave
(at 6th St)
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Neighborhood: Park Slope
(718) 499-9884
Sudan National Museum Review
If you are in Sudan - visit it. Simple as. To those who complain about its size or organisation, please consider that when compared with many other countries in the region Sudan is actually doing a great job of presenting its history. Complaining about it isn't going to transform it overnight.
The upstairs area contains rescued frescos from christian sites destoryed by the Aswan High Dam in the 1960s and has been aided by the Poles. It is a very nice exhibit and well worth a trip in itself.
The outside areas also contain a number of COMPLETE temples resuced before the flooding of Lower Nubia. Those working at the museum have to cope with almost no funding from their awful government, but are working extremely hard to present Sudan's history to the government in spite of this total lack of support.
Sharia Al Nil, Khartoum, Sudan
The upstairs area contains rescued frescos from christian sites destoryed by the Aswan High Dam in the 1960s and has been aided by the Poles. It is a very nice exhibit and well worth a trip in itself.
The outside areas also contain a number of COMPLETE temples resuced before the flooding of Lower Nubia. Those working at the museum have to cope with almost no funding from their awful government, but are working extremely hard to present Sudan's history to the government in spite of this total lack of support.
Sharia Al Nil, Khartoum, Sudan
Katz's Delicatessen Review
Due to my lack of beef intake, I ordered a turkey sandwich... and boy, that was a huge mistake. For $14, I basically got a mountain of turkey and two pieces of rye bread. That was it. No condiments, no vegetables, just literally a 1/2 pound of sliced turkey breast and some leavened dough. Don't get me wrong, the fresh baked bread was just fine and the turkey was far superior to most corner delis... but was it worth $14? No way. Turkey is about as vanilla a meat product as you can get, so if you've had one turkey sandwich, you've had them all as far as I'm concerned.
The experience of Katz's was really fun, though. It's quite the operation with their own security guards, enough tables to fit a small village in Sudan, and they have a sign that points out the exact location where the famous scene between Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan went down in When Harry Met Sally (you know, the whole "I'll have what she's having" scene. Check out my O face!). For that alone, it was worth the appearance, but if you're like myself and don't get off on cuts of cured red meat, you may want to skip.
205 E Houston St
(between Avenue A & Essex St)
New York, NY 10002
Neighborhood: Lower East Side
(212) 254-2246
The experience of Katz's was really fun, though. It's quite the operation with their own security guards, enough tables to fit a small village in Sudan, and they have a sign that points out the exact location where the famous scene between Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan went down in When Harry Met Sally (you know, the whole "I'll have what she's having" scene. Check out my O face!). For that alone, it was worth the appearance, but if you're like myself and don't get off on cuts of cured red meat, you may want to skip.
205 E Houston St
(between Avenue A & Essex St)
New York, NY 10002
Neighborhood: Lower East Side
(212) 254-2246
Trader Joe's Review
I used to take my local Trader Joe's for granted (an easy trip via bus or a brisk 15 minute walk) until I read a recent article from the Daily News about how Astoria vegans, hipsters and other high-maintenance transplants were signing some kind of online petition to get TJ's management to open one there. Apparently they don't have time to protest the Sudan or Wall Street inequities.
Ha! As a former Astoria resident (pre-hipster history) I got priced out of my humble abode after 14 years of faithfully paying rent to my money-grubbing Ditmars landlord. He couldn't wait to move in some hip-head with money to burn.
Let them eat Key Food and Associated while I munch on my nitrate-free cold cuts, baked onion rings and cheap organic strawberries. Take that, you landlord scum.
90-30 Metropolitan Ave
Rego Park, NY 11374
Neighborhood: Glendale
(718) 275-1791
Ha! As a former Astoria resident (pre-hipster history) I got priced out of my humble abode after 14 years of faithfully paying rent to my money-grubbing Ditmars landlord. He couldn't wait to move in some hip-head with money to burn.
Let them eat Key Food and Associated while I munch on my nitrate-free cold cuts, baked onion rings and cheap organic strawberries. Take that, you landlord scum.
90-30 Metropolitan Ave
Rego Park, NY 11374
Neighborhood: Glendale
(718) 275-1791
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Global Monitoring Report in Juba Review
In July 2011, South Sudan will become the world's youngest state. The new country faces immense challenges to its peace, prosperity and human development. Education has a vital role to play in building a better future, however South Sudan also has some of the world's worst indicators for education. On 21 June, UNESCO with the Ministry of Education of South Sudan launched the 2011 EFA Global Monitoring Report in Juba. The Report's Director, Kevin Watkins also presented a new policy paper outlining the fledgling country's immense education challenges, opportunities, and ways ahead.
Sudan Education Project Review
The project targets street children sheltered at the Alrashad Center
for Children Rehabilitation in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum.
The project will carry-out a series of music lessons, conducted
by music teachers with support of a professional music therapist. The Alrashad Center for Children Rehabilitation is the local partner
and the project place of project implementation. Contact person
in Europe is Mr. Hubl Greiner and Dr. Mohamed Badawi. The Sudan Education Project is a non-profit, non-stock organization.
Dr. Mohamed Badawi & Hubl Greiner
Bodanrückweg 6
D-78467 Konstanz
Fon: +49 (0) 7531 - 81 38 195
Fax: +49 (0) 7531 - 81 38 196
E-mail: mohamed [ at ] badawi.de
E-mail: hubl [ at ] hubl.com
Dr. Mohamed Badawi & Hubl Greiner
Bodanrückweg 6
D-78467 Konstanz
Fon: +49 (0) 7531 - 81 38 195
Fax: +49 (0) 7531 - 81 38 196
E-mail: mohamed [ at ] badawi.de
E-mail: hubl [ at ] hubl.com
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