El-Fadel came to Maine in 2004 after being forced from his home in Darfur, Sudan. El-Fadel was previously on New Mainers Speak in August (NMS 188) and September (NMS 191) of 2018. He continues to share his stories and his insights regarding all he has learned throughout his epic journey, to date. This interview was timed well to coincide with Thanksgiving. There are few people more grateful for what they have than he.
In this segment El-Fadel focuses on the way people from his village show respect to elders. He also helps listeners to understand the powerful respect Sudanese people feel for the earth and the very dirt from which all life flows. He discusses the way they grow their foods, find their well water, make their homes of mud bricks and grasses (also born of the earth) and even make their toys from the hard baked clay earth. Their gratitude and thanksgiving always starts with a respect for the earth and soil that make life possible and holds us at the end of our lives.
For regularly updated news about Sudan, El-Fadel suggests Darfur Women Action Group.
If you wish to book El-Fadel to speak at a school event he can be reached at Elfadelfcr@gmail.com.
Music: An Ethiopian song for joy and peace.
In this segment El-Fadel focuses on the way people from his village show respect to elders. He also helps listeners to understand the powerful respect Sudanese people feel for the earth and the very dirt from which all life flows. He discusses the way they grow their foods, find their well water, make their homes of mud bricks and grasses (also born of the earth) and even make their toys from the hard baked clay earth. Their gratitude and thanksgiving always starts with a respect for the earth and soil that make life possible and holds us at the end of our lives.
For regularly updated news about Sudan, El-Fadel suggests Darfur Women Action Group.
If you wish to book El-Fadel to speak at a school event he can be reached at Elfadelfcr@gmail.com.
Music: An Ethiopian song for joy and peace.
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