Wednesday, June 4, 2008

WHY?

So in light of the previous discussion, here is a question that I would like to pose: Why? Why is it that there is so little representation of the men of Darfur?



Do they suffer less?


A man weeps on returning to find his home in the village of Nami, north Darfur, burned down. Adam Saleh said janjaweed militia rode in and shot dead 10 villagers, forcing the rest to flee (Flickr).


The man in this photo, Amet Dot, experienced the genocide in Darfur personally. One day, while he was away from his village, the Janjaweed attacked his village, burned it to the ground, loaded the nearly 10,000 people into a 28 car train, set it in motion, and set it on fire. His entire family, wife, children, grandchildren, were among those burned to death in that train (Christine).



Are they less vulnerable?


A Darfurian Man (KK Herald).


Are they affected less?


A displaced Sudanese man looks at his burnt-down house after militiamen burnt the Sereaf village, southwest of Al Genenia, in west Darfur along the Sudan Chad border, April 22, 2005 (Sudan Tribune).



A man holds seeds, all he has left, at the remains of his home in the Central African Republic, where violence from Sudan has spilled over (Cooper).

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