Mad Maudie

This novel is now on my ever lengthening “to read” list. I think it presents a different perspective than most of the Holocaust literature I’ve read.

(Source: madmaudie)

17 May

Christian Solidarity International: Marach Garang Athian (Liberated March 2013)

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Marach Garang Athian (male, mid-twenties)

Arab/Muslim name: Abdul Fadl Abdullah Ash-Sharif [“slave of Fadl Abdullah Ash-Sharif”]

Liberated: March 2013

I was captured when I was about 12 years old, in 2001. There was fighting in my village, Wakabil, and I was taken by the raiders.

Taking a short break from grading papers, I used my iPad to snap a shot of the view from my desk. On the far wall hangs a painting of Juliet’s suicide scene in Act V. Two of my students painted it for me when they were freshmen; they absolutely insisted that it was high art richly deserving of a spot on the wall where others would see it and seethe with artistic envy. What the majority of people enjoy most about the painting is Romeo’s striking albeit unintentional resemblance to Jackie Chan. Those two students are seniors now, and they really wish I’d take that painting down. Alas, I refuse.

15 May

I decided to do something totally different for the blog today. Since I missed work to have a CT Scan, I chose to create a photo journal of sorts with snapshots taken on my cell phone throughout the day. The only thing I regret is not taking a picture of the CT Scan, itself. I think the med staff would have been willing if only I’d have said something, but I didn’t, and now it’s a lost opportunity. Oh, well. Glad to know somebody loves Jesse, anyway—at least till the rain starts pouring down. Then again, ain’t that just the way love goes?

(Source: madmaudie)