Ya Bass

With the long running crisis in Sudan once again back in the news I thought i would link to Strange Glitter which is an online diary of a young English teacher living in Khartoum. While it doesn't go into depth on the current crisis (it's a non-political blog) instead focusing on her day-to-day life in Sudan it's still an enlightening read nonetheless. There are interesting contrasts between her obvious love of the place and many the people she lives and works with on a daily basis and the difficulties experienced living there on other - whether it be the low level corruption of officials and the police to what it is like living as a western woman under Sharia Law.