Drima is a freedom-loving, Afro-Arab Sudanese Muslim. When he's not busy studying or pursuing other endeavors, he makes his own music and blogs at The Sudanese Thinker. He's currently writing a book about liberalism and new media.
When it comes to Darfur, the International Criminal Court is following in the ridiculously ineffective footsteps of the United Nations.
Obama looks best, with McCain following closely behind and Clinton — still scarred by her husband's disastrous Sudan policy — a distant third.
PJM Khartoum: Most Sudanese did not take to the streets demanding death for the British teacher convicted of insulting Islam for allowing her students to name a teddy bear Muhammad. Drima, AKA The Sudanese Thinker, bemoans the fact that the case - and the rioting Islamist demonstrators - succeeded in making his country look ridiculous.
PJM Khartoum: War clouds are once again growing over the troubled Sudan, writes Drima, AKA The Sudanese Thinker, as the latest peace effort teeters on the brink of collapse.
PJM Khartoum: What goes on behind closed doors (and contrary to Islamic law) in the Sudanese capital? Drug and alcohol-fueled dance parties for one thing. "The Sudanese diaspora, slowly returning to their homeland, is bringing along with it tons of money, and a lifestyle foreign to Sudanese culture," writes PJM correspondent Drima, of The Sudanese Thinker.