Shahad Elfaki
Dignity and Access | On Food and Power
Shahad Elfaki
Back during the end of history, Thomas Friedman presented his “Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention” in a 1996 New York Times op-ed. As he put it, “no two countries that both have a McDonald’s have ever fought a war against each other.” There was “no question,” he declared, that McDonald’s “is part of this worldwide phenomenon of countries integrating with the global economy and submitting to its rules.” Today,...
A Grotesque Deadlock | Armies Block Aid While Civilians Starve in Sudan
Shahad Elfaki
Since the outbreak of war in Sudan in April 2023, nearly thirteen million people have been internally displaced and prices in Darfur have soared. In El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, basic food items cost more than eight times what they do in other parts of the country. In the mountains of South Kordofan, people resort to boiling grass and leaves to feed their children; in El Fasher, people...
