{"id":51027,"date":"2025-07-06T10:45:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T07:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=51027"},"modified":"2025-07-06T10:45:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T07:45:22","slug":"a-custom-made-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/06\/a-custom-made-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"A Custom-Made Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: Nahed Qarnas<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our late neighbor in Atbara, Professor Haidar Al-Safi (may God have mercy on him), worked in agricultural and animal production. His job allowed him to bring chicken home once or twice a week for his family\u2014a luxury at the time, considering that chicken was considered a “provocative” commodity in the city of workers.<\/p>\n

The important thing is that his eldest daughter would cause an uproar every time chicken was served for lunch. The reason? The chicken would be finished before our five-year-old little one felt full.<\/p>\n

When the complaints over the \u201cdistribution of power\u201d (and chicken) grew louder and more frequent, the professor brought home a whole chicken and asked his wife, teacher Huda Kambal, to cook it and serve it whole. He then called his protesting daughter, placed the entire chicken in front of her, and asked her to eat.<\/p>\n

The little girl started eating until she was full\u2014so full she struggled to breathe. She couldn\u2019t manage more than the thigh. At that point, her father asked: \u201cAre you full, Amina?\u201d
\nShe nodded in agreement.
\nProfessor Haidar sighed in relief and said:
\n\u201cThank God, Amina, that you got full in my house.\u201d
\nMay his soul rest in eternal peace.<\/p>\n

The current social media frenzy following the announcement of the three ministers reminded me of that story. Perhaps it can help us settle the eternal debate over those in power and the burdens of holding office. But it\u2019s also amusing to examine the online objections and ask: What\u2019s the actual benefit of all this ridicule and fuss about other people\u2019s lives? As if anyone is above mistake or flaw?<\/p>\n

Professor Moiz Omar Bakheit has received the harshest attacks\u2014most of them revolving around a poem he once wrote, suggesting his views have since changed. That\u2019s entirely normal. We often change opinions and shift our positions. That\u2019s life. Positions evolve based on the requirements of the phase. In politics, this is well-known. Yesterday’s enemies can easily become today\u2019s allies if visions align and it’s a path toward a solution.<\/p>\n

As for Professor Ahmed Mudawi and Professor Ismat Qurashi, Facebook users couldn\u2019t find much to criticize. Both are scholars and researchers with little presence on social media. So what did people object to instead? That all three ministers are graduates of the University of Khartoum!<\/p>\n

At that moment, a joke popped into my mind about the mother-in-law who didn\u2019t want her daughter to marry a suitor\u2014even after he brought the wedding gifts. Her excuse? \u201cThe tobes (traditional dresses) are too tight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anyway, in light of the above, and following the example of our neighbor Professor Haidar (may he rest in peace), I propose distributing blank sheets of paper and pens to every objector who claims to have a theory to get us out of this bottleneck. Let each one of them write down the exact specifications of their ideal minister\u2014his qualifications, background, age, appearance, anything at all.<\/p>\n

Then we can gather all those demands, call upon our families, sons, daughters, husbands, and wives, and head out to the Atmor Desert. There, we can sit on the ground and humbly pray to Almighty God to send us \u201ccustom-made\u201d ministers.<\/p>\n

A new edition. First selection.
\nA minister who never lived next door to someone from your neighborhood. Never shared a college class with anyone you know. Never wrote a Facebook comment or tweeted anything. A minister who is a clean slate\u2014purely based on the specifications provided. Perhaps then people would agree on someone and allow him to carry out his blessed work, God willing.<\/p>\n

The funniest comment I\u2019ve read in response to the online campaign was something shared by teacher Wagdi Al-Kurdi, quoting engineer Othman Mirghani:<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Islam were to descend upon Sudan, the Sudanese would dig up an old video of Caliph Omar Ibn Al-Khattab eating an idol made of dates.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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