“her body is the place where war is waged” captures the multidimnsionality of violence so accurately. This piece was truly needed to interrogate the gendered dynamics within the context of warfare. I also think this effectively supports an argument to post-war reconstruction that centres women as actors that survive but suffer for the rest of their lives with this experience of sexual violence and terror.
Thank you for this! I'm curious what you mean by Arab. As an American I perceive that meaning a non-black person from the middle east or North Africa however when I see SA or RSF members they look African to me. Is the difference religious, ethnicity based, or kinda like a social construct (fake).
It’s a couple of things. Because the original members of the RSF consisted mostly of the Janjaweed population (Chadian Arabs who are mixed African & Arab ancestry), they tend to appear more African than Arab in the way people usually picture Arabic people, being fairer skinned etc. In addition to Chadian Arabs, the RSF is also comprised of Sudanese Arabs, who despite having ethnic origins in in Sudan tend to identify as Arab and speak Arabic as their mother tongue. So I guess to answer your question, it’s a mix of ethic, cultural and likely religious reasons.
“her body is the place where war is waged” captures the multidimnsionality of violence so accurately. This piece was truly needed to interrogate the gendered dynamics within the context of warfare. I also think this effectively supports an argument to post-war reconstruction that centres women as actors that survive but suffer for the rest of their lives with this experience of sexual violence and terror.
Thank you for this! I'm curious what you mean by Arab. As an American I perceive that meaning a non-black person from the middle east or North Africa however when I see SA or RSF members they look African to me. Is the difference religious, ethnicity based, or kinda like a social construct (fake).
It’s a couple of things. Because the original members of the RSF consisted mostly of the Janjaweed population (Chadian Arabs who are mixed African & Arab ancestry), they tend to appear more African than Arab in the way people usually picture Arabic people, being fairer skinned etc. In addition to Chadian Arabs, the RSF is also comprised of Sudanese Arabs, who despite having ethnic origins in in Sudan tend to identify as Arab and speak Arabic as their mother tongue. So I guess to answer your question, it’s a mix of ethic, cultural and likely religious reasons.