http://www.lovehabibi.com/blog/2010/03/18/arabs-africans-or-both-how-do-the-sudanese-see-themselves/ A Blog for Arabs and Muslims Worldwide Looking for Love & Their Place in the World Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:06:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.lovehabibi.com/blog/2010/03/18/arabs-africans-or-both-how-do-the-sudanese-see-themselves/comment-page-1/#comment-484 Anisa Benmoktar Mon, 31 May 2010 01:17:40 +0000 http://www.lovehabibi.com/blog/?p=3458#comment-484 Thank you - how fascinating... Thank you – how fascinating…

]]> http://www.lovehabibi.com/blog/2010/03/18/arabs-africans-or-both-how-do-the-sudanese-see-themselves/comment-page-1/#comment-470 Nuha Sat, 22 May 2010 17:02:38 +0000 http://www.lovehabibi.com/blog/?p=3458#comment-470 Loved the pictures, I am also from the 'shaigee' tribe, I smiled at the use of 'exotic' to describe the mixture. This topic has been on my mind lately and my mum made a very good point. The term 'Arab' refers to any native arabic speaker, regardless of their geographic location. Since arabic is the offiicial language in north sudan it makes them arab. african refers to where they are in the world. the beauty of looking at it this way is realising that there is no conflict, we are arab not because we are trying to imitate or be part of the arabs in saudi arabia/uae etc, its simply because we speak arabic Loved the pictures, I am also from the ’shaigee’ tribe, I smiled at the use of ‘exotic’ to describe the mixture.
This topic has been on my mind lately and my mum made a very good point. The term ‘Arab’ refers to any native arabic speaker, regardless of their geographic location. Since arabic is the offiicial language in north sudan it makes them arab. african refers to where they are in the world. the beauty of looking at it this way is realising that there is no conflict, we are arab not because we are trying to imitate or be part of the arabs in saudi arabia/uae etc, its simply because we speak arabic

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