Articles Tagged

Simon Deng, Leading Darfur Activist, to Ask, “What About the Christians of South Sudan?” on Fox News Tonight

“Who is the real enemy of Mohammed,” asks Simon Deng, an escaped slave from Sudan and leading human rights activist, “a child who names a teddy bear, or the one who is killing little Muhammed in Darfur?” Mr. Deng, whom I have interviewed for The New York Daily News and who is one of …

The U.S. is a Great Country, Everybody Knows

ny-daily-news.png

From The New York Daily News
BY HEATHER ROBINSON

November 27, 2007

“This is the mother, who has leprosy, [and] this is the son,” says Adeboye Subuloye, looking down at a photograph of a woman and a tall young man. “We bought a sewing machine for him.

“We decided to empower the children,” he …

I Want to Change the Power Dynamics in Relationships

ny-daily-news.png

Even after Dr. Mehret Mandefro had repeatedly warned them to always use a condom, girls and women would return to her office with …

I Look at Medicine as an Instrument of Social Justice

ny-daily-news.png

An ordinary mortal can’t help but wonder how Dr. Philip Ozuah does …

Maybe God Has a Purpose for Me Here

ny-daily-news.png

From The New York Daily News

When Bizu Riki Mullu was a girl, the people of her village of Mauri, in northern Ethiopia, would come out …

Marching For Freedom: Ex-slave Simon Deng Plans New Walk to Spotlight Sudan’s Plight

ny-daily-news.png

From The New York Daily News
BY HEATHER ROBINSON

August 31, 2006

dang.png

It was “desperation” to raise awareness about the plight of black Africans in his native land of Sudan, Simon Deng says, that prompted the Harlem resident to walk the 300 miles from the United Nations to …

Taking Courage

ny-daily-news.png

From the New York Daily News

By HEATHER ROBINSON
Monday, June 5th, 2006

“When I lost my arm, I thought, ‘That’s the end of my life,’” says Muctar Jalloh.

“My goals had been to attend school and to write. Sometimes I would think, ‘I don’t think it is necessary for me to live.’ …

Breaking the Chains: Former Slave Simon Deng Marches for Freedom

ny-daily-news.png

From The New York Daily News
By HEATHER ROBINSON

March 21, 2006

“As a child, I was abducted and taken into slavery, at a time most people assumed slavery was a thing of the past,” says Simon Deng, 45, to a reporter over coffee in an upper East Side cafe on a recent …