مفرقعات مبعثرة، لوحة واحدة.

It was our fate to gather in one homeland under a common name, yet with different privileges and striking contradictions, according to a systematic policy that never ceased to widen the gap between its components. This policy was based on widespread propaganda, investing in emotions to shape a distorted history that entrenches exclusion, excommunication, and treason, framing a deliberately constructed mental image, skillfully crafted. And this is not surprising, for how powerful a person can be when they possess the tools! Citizenship was not a plea, and the similarity in gender was not a reason for mercy. On the contrary, it became an unjust discrimination that shaped a divided society, where a particular group imposed a singular definition of nationalism, excluding others and reshaping them into lowly molds.

At the Heart of the Tragedy

The Southern woman lived a bitter experience in one homeland, displaced and
a refugee. Twenty-one years of exile within its borders, under the weight of a relentless war machine that continues to claim lives, while Sudan devours its children. Her constant question was: “Can a person be exiled in their homeland?!” And the answer was harsh… Yes, they are excluded, oppressed, and forced to leave without ever leaving their land.

The tragedy was renewed; their stories were not our stories because they barely knew us. And knowing the other, in its simplest form, means feeling their pain. True solidarity can only be born from belief in the principle, not from fleeting emotional impulses. Nevertheless, there was one consolation: the conviction that no matter how long the nights of oppression last, a new dawn will surely follow.

Sudan… the Story That Hasn’t Ended

When the South gathered its fragments, another South was born, and we witnessed women from other regions of Sudan carry the same banner we once carried. At that time, we wrote on the wall of our page: “Sorry, were these born to be servants?!”
We were then accused of racism, while the question was merely an attempt to
expose the architect of this stereotype, who reshapes our reality carefully, narrowing Sudan’s great diversity into the illusion of racial purity and cultural superiority.
The repetition of these scenes and images was not a coincidence, but the result of an evil mentality working in the shadows, producing this black comedy that Sudan is living today.

Is Sudan targeted?

Yes, but it is primarily targeted by its own children before any foreign enemy. What we are witnessing now is merely an explosion of accumulated bitterness and injustice, and a natural consequence of some people’s refusal to acknowledge the inevitability of change. The real problem is not just with those who practice tyranny, but with the minds that still believe in the existence of a “useful fool” who is directed through imposition, without realizing that times have changed, and that new generations
have grown with a consciousness opposed to submission and cowardice.

The Specificity of the Message

We place this message in the mailbox of Sudanese women, with care and advice, for two reasons:

1. Because, from our position outside the circle, we can see the scene from all its angles.
2. Because we have healed.

Some Sudanese women, who have gained the favor of the authorities throughout
history, played a pivotal role in fueling sedition and justifying bloodshed, driven by
selfishness and the pursuit of privileges. As a reflection of this reality, a video clip emerged from a lavish hall, where women from the Islamic movement, led by Ambassador Sana Hamed as they liked to call her, were honoring the Rapid Support Forces, through their leader, Hemeti, and organizing poetic tributes in acknowledgment of his heroism. Meanwhile, at the same time, the voices of
women from Darfur were rising in distress over the grave violations committed by these forces against them. But there was no one to heed their calls because “the quota is the homeland” at that time! The Rapid Support Forces were regarded as genuine national forces, and in their eagerness to secure their legitimacy, a special law was enacted to legitimize them, before the magic turned back on the sorcerer.

Certainly, Sudan is very unfortunate, for “the ladies” dominate the scene in times of war and even set the standards for nationalism in vain attempts to cleanse their tarnished reputations! At the cost of innocent lives.

Where Do the Steps of Evil Lead?

The voices calling for the continuation of the war are rising, and the rhetoric of vengeance is becoming louder, even before the war is over. The threats of revenge have increased, and calls for exclusion have intensified, as if some believe they hold exclusive rights to distribute citizenship, deciding who has the right to stay and who should be excluded and eliminated.

Where do some derive this absolute legitimacy from? And who gave them the
right to decide the fate of others?!

Why Do We Keep Repeating and Reminding?

We have summoned this painful narrative to emphasize that what is happening
today is not a result of the moment, but a consequence of unjust central policies
that have lasted for decades. It is certain that women have been the most affected, whether they were part of the regime and exploited to stir emotions, or whether they were victims whose rights were violated. Therefore, we call for reconciliation, rejection of hatred, racial superiority, and cultural disdain.

The Nation Can Only Be Built Through Tolerance

Hate is like fire; it consumes the one who holds it. “Fire consumes itself if it does not find something else to burn.” There is no way to save Sudan except through tolerance and mutual recognition of everyone’s right to a homeland that can embrace them all.

Because revenge leads to counter-revenge, according to the logic of things. We ask God to bring peace to Sudan and grant its people safety and prosperity, after
hunger and fear are lifted from them. And every year, may the women of Sudan
be icons of forgiveness and reconciliation in healed homelands.