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...Professor Hag Ateya Elteyb, director of the Peace Research Institute at Khartoum University, says the government has been unable to maintain its hard line in the face of the growing number of outside influences arriving in the country as a result of its oil boom, and also because of the Darfur crisis. "Now we have more and more foreigners and investors, there's a new thing happening very slowly as the government relaxes because of these groups," he says. "I don't know if it's good or bad, but the repressive element is going...
...case is an embarrassment for the Sudanese government, whose policies in Darfur have helped make it an international pariah. But the government is hamstrung by extremist elements, who will capitalize on any perception that Khartoum is bowing to British pressure, said Professor Elteyb Hag Ateya, director of Khartoum University's peace research institute...
...Sopranos.” The music is meant to follow the lyrics’ lead: hence the thunder sounds when Eleanor is talk-singing about thunderstorms on “Ex-Guru,” and the monkey and cow noises in “The Old Hag is Sleeping” to indicate the rooster at dawn. Again, I once would have found this charming and imaginative. But the obscure lyrics rarely coalesce into a coherent narrative and the supporting noises only detract from the rather impressive hard rock guitar of Matthew and the powerful beats of guest drummer...
...friends along the lines of "Um, your husband is so hot..." Sometimes I go with "Oh, that's not my husband--that's my twin brother," and other times a dismissive "Yeah, but back in Australia I'm considered a great beauty. It's Nicole Kidman who's the hag." Each time, it hurts just a little less...
...bothered by the title of “fag hag,” although I do find it interesting that people who would never call someone a fag to his face have no qualms about calling a woman a fag hag in the presence of her gay friends. In fact, when used by gay men, the term “fag hag” is endearing in that it is in many ways an affectionate reclaiming of a previously discriminatory term...