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Sudan's history is a complex one characterized by foreign domination and conflict. After decades of civil war and genocide, the country is slowly starting to make strides toward a more peaceful future. The country's culture, and especially the country's music, has managed to survive years of turmoil, with many different cultural and language groups present.

History

The Nile River played a large part in the development of Sudan as many groups migrated to the area to reap the benefits of its fertile soil and abundant resources. Most of our knowledge of the region comes from Egyptian scripture, which labels the area as Kush and speaks of great economic ties between the two territories in ancient times, but also political conflict when the Egyptians attempted to invade.

The Kingdom of Kush evolved into the Kingdom of Meroe, the remains of which can be seen in the Pyramids of Meroe, located in the east of the country. The kingdom was extremely powerful, taking on both the Egyptians and the Romans, and coming out on top. The kingdom's power eventually waned, however, and Egypt conquered the region in the 1820s.

In 1898, however, Egypt administered the region jointly with the British in what was to be called Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. This was an advantageous move for the British, who sought control over the economically pivotal Suez Canal. The northern and southern parts of the country were administered as different provinces, a facet which caused problems post independence.

After years of foreign rule and countless resistance movements, Sudan was granted sovereignty by Egypt and the British in 1953, and north and south were brought under one administration headed by Arabs from the north. Conflict arose after the Arab-led government backpedaled on promises made to the mostly Christian south. Army officials in the south of the country led a mutiny which was the ultimate spark of a civil war that would last for decades.

The civil war ended in 1972, with promises from the government to grant the south considerable autonomy. Soon after ceasefire, however, the country plunged back into violence which has to this day not been fully resolved. Southern Sudan was granted independence and was recognized as a separate state by the international community in 2011 but conflict in the Darfur region reached a tipping point at the same time, with the government having been accused of genocide.

The conflict in Darfur, while significantly cooled, remains ongoing. President Al-Bashir, who held the seat during the Sudanese genocide, was the first head of state to be indicted for crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court.

Culture

Sudan is an extremely heterogeneous country, being home to over 500 different tribes. Each tribe has its own distinctive ethnicity and many even have their own language. Such diversity has led to an eclectic and exciting culture, and when the foreign influences of Egyptian and British colonial rule are added to the mix, it is safe to say that there is no single Sudanese culture. Many of the diverse influences can be noticed in such cultural markers as music, clothing, and cuisine.

The country has a great tradition of music. From early Sudanese resistance poets like Mahjoub Sharif who fled from imprisonment and the traditional ceremonies of cultural groups, to western influences like bagpipes and military march music, the cultural mix is unique. Today, the country's music is still an eclectic mix of indigenous sounds and languages developed into western style hip-hop and folk music.

In similar fashion, Sudanese clothing differs from one cultural group to another, and also from region to region. There are some similarities in attire, however, as most Sudanese wear a traditional jalabiya, a loose ankle-length garment. Another item of clothing which is common among all cultures in the thawb, which is similar to a jalabiya but a bit more formal, displaying a collar and shorter sleeves.
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Sudan's history is a complex one characterized by foreign domination and conflict. After decades of civil war and genocide, the country is slowly starting to make strides toward a more peaceful future. The country's culture, and especially the country's music, has managed to survive years of turm...

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Respond to ONE of the scenarios below. Make sure your response is in complete sentences (minimum of 5-7)

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Respond to ONE of the scenarios below. Make sure your response is in complete sentences (minimum of 5-7)

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You are 11 years old. You have been separated from your family by a war. In order to survive, you must walk to an area of safety hundreds of miles away. On the journey you must avoid soldiers and dangerous wildlife, and manage to find food and water. The journey will take months. You do not know if you will survive or ever see your family again.

If this was an experience you had to live through, how do you think it would affect the person you grew up to be?

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You are 11 years old. You live with your family in an area far from towns or cities. Your family does not have any running water or electricity. You are responsible for getting water for your family to drink. To do this, you must walk eight hours every day to a pond and back. You will have to do this every day for years and years.

If this was an experience you had to live through, how do you think it would affect the person you grew up to be?

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I think it would've affected me a lot because of the trauma that I would've gone through. It would probably haunt me forever and I would be scared to do anything. This scenario is a very traumatizing thing to go through and especially since you are very young. If I were 11 and doing nothing I would've never thought of going through something like that. I would survive with scars all over my body and I would be depressed.

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I would grow up to be tough. Also I would be depressed. Because I was in a hard dangerous time which would make me tough and I would not be scared to do things because something worse happened. I would be depressed because of my experiences and the feeling of losing my home and people I love. Lastly I would feel hurt by maybe bruises and burns and dehydration from walking and protecting my self.

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Me, i would get a load of buckets to the water place and fill all of them up then i would not go to the water place for a while, or i would move our house next to the water source.

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I by accident made it about the people who came to Jordan refugee camps, when i was supposed to make it about the people in jordan that left jordan to go to another country.

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Adam Gomaa- Refugee Experience Egypt.        Green

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If my life was anywhere as near a tragedy as the life mentioned above I would be a completely different person. If I really think about it I would be a better person, more grateful, humble, and caring, I would be brave yet scared, and I would live the life of a refugee.

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I think it would make me into a delicate and shy person

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If I were to go through that situation and be grown up, I would be much more different than a normal person. I would have a different mindset, I would be selfless, and I would most probably have a bad childhood, which would affect me by making me sad, and by making me think differently. However, I i would find my parents at the end, I would be happy about what I've achieved, and more calm.

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I would always feel tired and frustrated, my legs would constantly be in pain, pain that i can't control. Although I do hard work it also makes be happy as i'm providing for my loved ones and taking care of them.

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I would be scared and i would try to help my parents try to find a different place to go to and help with other things

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I think that I would have a very depressing life and that I would be extremely different from the person I am now and that I would most probably be afraid of many things and extremely affected mentally throughout completing actions. However the spike of happiness going through my body once i found my parents i would be happier about what has happened now then the past

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If i was in a situation like this it would help me be a better person.

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I think if my life improved then I would be grateful for the things in my life. But I might also be traumatized and I might be left with scars physically and mentally, I think I would have been sad for a while but when I find my parents I would have got happier and I might heal a bit from the past.

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It would effect me a lot because in a split second I would lose everything I have, which would probably cause me to have depression which would make it a lot harder because on the way there I would most likely feel like giving up and there is no hope to get to the safety area nor find my family.

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If this happened to me I would be alone and unhappy. Even if I had friends I would never be as happy as I was with my family.

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if this was me and as I was growing up and this situation I would be very grateful that when I am older if I have a family I would be so grateful to them and be inseparable from my family and I would think back a lot too when it was a kid and how safe I would keep my children and it would teach me to be grateful out of all.

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i would grow up to have my kids live a middle class life, unlike me. this would leave me with trauma because i was 11. i would also grow up to provide for my family, i would teach others to be grateful for what they have in the moment and not the future.

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i think it wont affect me, because you need to forget the past and move on. If let the past hold you down you will never improve and if you do forget the past you can improve and do better things in life.

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I think it would affect me A LOT! this would take away a lot of time of my day that I could have used to study, play, and enjoy life. This will effect me because I wouldn't be able to get a proper education, which isn't very helpful long-term. I understand that water is important but why get it EVERY SINGLE DAY, and why would it be my job. I solution that I am able to think of at the moment is to switch every day with my sister/ brother, so we can study one day, and get water the other day. This would help both of us. In Conclusion, I would be affected by this scenario in a negative way, this would take a lot of time off my day. I hope I don't have to live in this situation, and I understand that some people do (which is very sad just thinking about it).

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If that was an experience I had to go through, it would affect the person I grew up a lot because it would probably take me a long time to recover from what had happened. It would probably make me feel sad every time i look at one of the scars that i still had because it would make me remember what happened to me. It would also just make me feel a little depressed because I remember all of those things that happened to me. I would maybe even be scared to go to some places because I was terrified that the same thing would happen again.

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If I had to live through this experience, it would have affected me when I grow up by being a bit braver since I have been through a war, with strangers, at a young age, and without my family. Another way it would affect me is that I would grow up to be independent because I had to carry my own belongings while walking away from the war. I would also try to forget about the past so it does not hold me back from doing anything new and be grateful that I have survived the war and was able to escape from it.

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I would walk and rest and try best to see my family again and try to make the journey and make it as fast as possible without loosing all my energy

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If I was in this scenario I would try my best to stay clam. I would help the people I am traveling with. I would look for my family whenever I can. I would move fast and not waste time. And I would stay with the group and not get lost.

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If I was in this scenario it would make me more productive and energetic. It would affect the person I grow up to me because I would productive and be more reliable to people.

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If I was an 11 years old kid on a journey it would affect me because I would grow braver and stronger because of the experience that I lived in, I would also understand more about nature because I had to live and sleep in nature, I would also understand more about animals, it could also help me be more responsible so that if I make it home I could take care of myself.

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In chapter 1 Salva is talking to himself in school.  Thinking about home and his mom in her orange hijab. Then he hears a POP. Maybe something fell, and when the class resumed they hear automatic fire. POP clack POP clack. Salva is on the ground crawling to escape out of the school.

Adam N, Kai M, Mohamad K & Amir C

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Salva's hunger made the journey less difficult. More and more people join the Dinka tribe every day, and Salva checks their faces for his family. One day, Salva meets a boy named Marial who speaks Dinka.

Amir Chabayta, Mohammad Kadri, Adam Nassib, Kai Mahfouz.

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chapter 1
In chapter 1 Salva was at school when he heard a gun firing and then the teacher told them to go to the bush not home to the bush so Salva started to follow the people away from his home.

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Finally, water reaches Nyas ankles as she walks. Nya untangles her gourd from the plastic container fills it with muddy water and drinks from it she then pours the contents of the huge container into the gourd and reties it.

Salvas's eyes were filled with tears. He notices smoke from the bombings on the horizon. A woman sitting beside a pond is closer to him. He is relieved to see the Dinka tribe ritual scar designs on her forehead which are the same tribe as Salva.

Mohamad K, Adam N, Kai M & Amir C

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Salva was hiding in the middle of the battlefield. Salva started running and ended up running for hours, until his legs were numb, and until it was nighttime. Salva was confused and worried about his family. He then finally got divided into his part of the camp. However, he looked at all of them, and none of the people were from his family. He only recognized a few faces. They slept by the road while keeping watch. The next morning, they saw soldiers from their side of the war. The soldiers sorted them into camps. Even young men just a few years older than Salva had to be recruited. After a while, they looked at Salva. They pointed a gun at his chin, but he then realized it was just to put his head up. He was put into the children's and women's groups. They then continued walking.

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Chapter 1 Long Walk to Water, Salva heard gun fire and folded every one and ran away from home.

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Salva is just having a normal day at school, he's thinking about life before he went to school and about his family. Then they here a gunshot but no one knew what it was so the teacher ignored it but then more of them happened then they ran away to the bush because the teacher told them.

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Chapter #1- Long Walk To Water- Blue Class

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Chapter #1- Long Walk To Water- Blue Class

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In the beginning, Salva was in school thinking about home and his family, and then at one moment they heard shooting from outside the school, the teacher told them to run into the bushes and not go to the villages because the shooting was coming from that direction, Salva hesitated but then he started running at the bushes as fast as he could.

Lorenzo, Celin, Faleh, Zade

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Chapter #1-Red Class Sym, Imad, Naz, Ahmad

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Chapter #1-Red Class Sym, Imad, Naz, Ahmad

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While Salva was in school, he was thinking about what happens at home. The class heard a gun shot but didn't think much of it until they heard a lot more. The teacher exited them to run and hide into the bushes. So he ran he ran and ran and ran as fast as he could.

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Chapter 1 - Aiden, Chloe, Natasha, & Jesse.

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Chapter 1 - Aiden, Chloe, Natasha, & Jesse.

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In the first part of chapter one, the author talked about how Salvas life was, and his family. The second part was telling us that Salva was at school, when he suddenly heard people shooting, and his teacher shouted, "Go! All of you, now!" pg- 6. He and the whole school rushed out into the bush, to hide.

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Chapter #1 Yellow Class: Andrea, Youssef, Saoud, Layla 

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Chapter #1 Yellow Class: Andrea, Youssef, Saoud, Layla 

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Salva was at school looking out the window when he suddenly heard a gun. Salva's teacher carried on with the lesson until they heard it again. "Go quickly, all of you," said Salva's teacher (Pg 6). Salva wanted to run home but his teacher told him not to run home. Salva then reached a camp and stayed in a group with people from his village. They walked a long way till the sun went down at they stopped to rest. Salva fell asleep, when he woke up he saw no one from his village. They were all gone.

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South Sudan, Africa 1985, Salva is in Arabic class at school. He is daydreaming about his best days when we was playing with his brothers and sisters and looking after the cattle. Then he hears noise from a gun, the teacher shouts to go run away and stay away from the village. Salva runs away with everybody.

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Chapter 6- Blue Class: Elias Derin, Troy

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Chapter 6- Blue Class: Elias Derin, Troy

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Salva meats his uncle. But his uncle doesn't know where his family is. Uncle has a gun and kills antelope so they have food. During the night his friend Marial is eaten by a lion.
Nya and family are at the lake camp digging for water. Nya's mother is afraid that the men in the family will get hurt or killed by Dinka people.

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Salva is a 11-year-old boy living in South Sudan, in the Loun-Ariik tribe, he got attacked, during a civil war, he lost his family. Salva is a boy who likes to persevere, he always tries to keep up with the adults, even though it's much harder for him. He walked through forrests, desserts, & crossed rivers, and he survived all of it. The only thing he can think about is his family, even though they are probably dead.

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Salva is an 11-year-old boy who is walking for his life. He is worried, Depressed, and Sad because he lost his family and the only family member traveling with him. He had many siblings and a village. He is tired and exhausted and starving because he is in the middle of the desert.

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There was a boy named Salva that was attacked at his school he ran away and couldn't find his family. He started walking with a group of people who were also running away from the fight, he was really worried if he would see his family ever again.
Losing really made him think about how much he needed to find them so he kept walking and walking.