Mahdi

The beautiful people you see in the photos (faces blurred for their privacy) are our aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandfather. They've all been displaced from their homes in Khartoum over a year ago. They're now all living in a makeshift home in the desert, waiting for the day to return home.

My cousins haven't been to class in a year. My uncles have lost their jobs. All their belongings were stolen. They live in a home with no windows or air conditioning in a climate that can reach 50 ℃ (122F).

(where they store all their belongings)

Your funds will go to:

- Getting them passports

- Getting them visas to Egypt/KSA

- Travel funds

- Supporting them with food, water, transport, medicine, and any other needs while we get their travel plans sorted

Please please please talk about Sudan. Please share the fundraisers. Please learn about it. Our hands are tied. My people can’t talk without facing death or poverty.

http://insidehollywood.co/wont-believe-real-captain-jack-sparrow-muslim/

I came across a very interesting article today, what do you all think about it? Maybe that might explain the dreadlocks? LOL!

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Who knows that captain Jack Sparrow in the popular film series “Pirates of the Caribbean” was based on a real  Muslim pirate! Here are some details about the real captain’s life.

His real name was Jack Ward and he was also known as Jack Birdy. He was born in the United Kingdom. He was on a run after he and his crew converted to Islam in the late 16th century. He fled to Tunisia where he obsessed with little birds during his time there and the locals would call him Jack Asfour, asfour is the opposite of sparrow in Arabic, and that’s the reason why he was called Jack Sparrow.

After he had converted to Islam, his name became Yusuf Reis. He was married to another renegade from Christendom who converted to Islam as well. She was called Jessimina the Sicilian.

Captain Jack Birdy was known as a great drunkard, but he stopped drinking alcohol when he converted to Islam. He played a vital role in rescuing thousands of Spanish Jews and Muslims fleeing their expulsion from their lands in the 16th and 17th centuries.

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