Enter houses through their doors...
...suggests an old Sudanese saying. This image, taken five years ago of a man clambering over a fence to view the debut football match of South Sudan’s national team, shows how you can just as easily take an unorthodox route. Over the past five years, both Sudan and South Sudan have taken a few unexpected detours. To mark the five-year anniversary of the separation of the Sudans, The Niles correspondents from both countries have taken a closer look at the paths taken by the neighbouring states. Many developments are sobering, but a few offer scope for hope. In any case, the idiom on the cover of the first print edition of The Niles, published five years ago today, rings truer than ever: It is a fool who rejoices, when the neighbour is in trouble.
...suggests an old Sudanese saying. This image, taken five years ago of a man clambering over a fence to view the debut football match of South Sudan’s national team, shows how you can just as easily take an unorthodox route. Over the past five years, both Sudan and South Sudan have taken a few unexpected detours. To mark the five-year anniversary of the separation of the Sudans, The Niles correspondents from both countries have taken a closer look at the paths taken by the neighbouring states. Many developments are sobering, but a few offer scope for hope. In any case, the idiom on the cover of the first print edition of The Niles, published five years ago today, rings truer than ever: It is a fool who rejoices, when the neighbour is in trouble.
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26 The Niles The Niles 27<br />
Name: Hiba Mohammed<br />
Age: 20<br />
Occupation: Student of natural<br />
sciences<br />
at the University of Khartoum<br />
Meeting point: Naga<br />
archaeological site<br />
“The<br />
ordinary<br />
people have<br />
always been<br />
on the<br />
outside.”<br />
Name: Mahdi el-Zaki<br />
Age: 20<br />
Occupation: Shoe salesman<br />
and assistant driver<br />
Meeting point: Motorway next<br />
to Naga<br />
“I dreamt<br />
of America.”<br />
I grew up in the village of<br />
Hajar al-Asal, 200 kilometres<br />
north of Khartoum at the river<br />
Nile. It is the place where the<br />
semi-nomads of Naga send <strong>their</strong><br />
live-stock for grazing in the<br />
dry season.<br />
The powerful civilisation of<br />
Kush with Meroë as its wealthy<br />
metropolis, and the flourishing<br />
city of Naga, could not have come<br />
into existence without the abundant<br />
resources of the Nile.<br />
I believe that the kings and<br />
queens of Kush are my ancestors.<br />
The archaeological sites show<br />
that they used to be exactly like<br />
us now: The kings and queens<br />
had <strong>their</strong> palaces, <strong>their</strong> ministers<br />
were next to them, and the<br />
ordinary people were outside<br />
those places.<br />
I’m originally from El-Obeid<br />
and I help my cousin ship iron<br />
sheets from Port Sudan to Darfur.<br />
My dream was to emigrate to<br />
the United States of America<br />
but I didn’t win the green card<br />
lottery. Now I would love to be<br />
in nature working as a farmer<br />
for part of the year and and<br />
would take care of our cattle<br />
the rest of the time.<br />
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