Khartoum's Nightmare



Oh Khartoum, what's going on so terrible frightens us greater, we lose the bottom of your charming glitters

When we look at you back in the day; we see you are so beautiful, and gorgeous, you define our civilization beyond your landscapes and prosperity

And all the people who come from different spot blight of land live, work and study under your blessings shadow

Fighting broke out in April between those who led your factions, they have been
battling for power

Caused you lose more than five million people, and some have been stuck in you struggling to survive

Now you have been caught in ruin and falling apart, despaired in the whole of your assets

Your infrastructures have been ravaged by the war, and the battles have spread across the city, with fighters firing from rooftops and torching buildings as warplanes pass overhead

Electricity is spotty, food is in drastically short supply, and there are records of rape, looting and robberies

Their intention has been fighting to take domination of the capital, Khartoum, along with the adjoining cities of Omdurman and North Khartoum

Their fight for the hegemony of you and the country has already left hundreds of civilians dead and many more injured or homeless, now the fear is levelling the city

Let us call for humanitarian aid to reach demolished communities that have so far been largely frozen by deadly murder, peace is our priority there is no war building an empire and advancement

About this poem

POET’S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM: The poem was written on Friday, 29 September 2023. This poem captures Sudan is full of hurting families torn apart by war and violence. Residents of Khartoum and Omdurman described picking spent bullets and shells from their roofs. Others spoke of burning homes and widespread looting.The Aneighbourhood of Omdurman was particularly badly hit by airstrikes. The crisis has sent growing numbers of refugees across Sudan’s borders. About 14,000 Sudanese citizens have already entered Egypt, officials in Cairo said and the UN reported that about 20,000 had already reached Chad.  

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Submitted by Yousif on September 29, 2023

Modified by Yousif on September 29, 2023

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Yousif Ibrahim Abubaker

Yousif Ibrahim Abubaker Abdalla was born on 9th of March 1986 in Khartoum - Sudan. People always call me (Shakespeare) he went to University of Juba- School of Arts and Humanities- Departmentof English Language. He works as a TEFL teacher and IELTS/TOEFL preparation trainer, Freelance interperter / Translator, and Poet. Provided Arabic to English Translation, proofreading, editing, interperted multiple in person interview and workshops for the documentary. Highly acquainted with. political. economical, legal documents, technical phraseology to ensure correct Translation Reviewed and Translation of books. He is inspired poet from the country of exquisite natural beauty, ancient historical attractions and inhabitants well versed in the art of hospitality in central Africa beloved Sudan. He is fond of poetry writing about life and whole thing that happen to human kind, either good or bad. He has got the collection of poems that he writes in various issues: socio-cultural, lamentation, lyrical, narrative, political, love, friendship, pain, especial events of my life, , etc and environmental as well, he always publishes many articles and poems on Sindh Courier is an online news service in Karachi, Pakistan. He had have been worked as a debate leader discussing various topics in many English Institutes, centers, academy and schools over 10 years, and sometimes he helps foreigners who come to visit our state to work with them as a translator or trip guider also, he helps international business people communicate more effectively and comfortably in British English. He does this virtually as non a native speaker, he supports people gain the confidence needed to improve and master accent management is key to intelligibility and thus pronunciation training has become a primary focus of his personalized sessions. He focuses on helping my clients learn how english language system works and then how to put it into action with relevant vocabulary, correct pronunciation. He also can be reached at: americanslang64@gmail.com more…

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