The Art of Flight

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Caught in a web of violence and poverty, yet still unable to return home, the 3 million Sudanese refugees living in Egypt are keeping a close eye on peace talks as both the government of Sudan and rebels seem to near a final deal.

By Davin A. Hutchins

JERE MALUK’S FADING memories of home are riddled with the scars of war. Under the twilight gleaming through the window of his austere Cairo flat, he quietly talks of the day his once serene village of Juba, in southern Sudan, shattered under the pressure of civil war.

“The rebels started to circle the town from three directions. They came with their tanks, managed to push away the government army and capture the town. They were telling people not to run around certain targets because there was continual bombardment by the government. Most people died,” he says.

Maluk left the rebel Southern People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) stronghold of Juba for the neighboring town of Torit. After several years, he returned to Juba and found it had become a garrison town for government forces.


The Art of Flight....