It's best to think of these as two things - they're related, but there's different dynamics going on with each of them. A key difference is Abyei is contested territory. We still do not know whether Abyei is going to… — Rebecca Hamilton Copy Share Image
When you are dealing with a mass movement, as opposed to a quote-unquote "elite," you are talking to people who don't have time to read long research papers. You have to communicate with them in sound bites, around every other thing they are doing. So it takes a long time to shift people from one message to the next, especially… — Rebecca Hamilton Copy Share
No question that the spotlight on Darfur has, for all intents and purposes, disappeared. And that's deeply problematic, because it hasn't disappeared because Darfur… — Rebecca Hamilton Copy Share Image
“As bland as oatmeal, yet somehow I'd become the rumor mill's hot sauce.” — Rebecca Hamilton Copy Share Image
“I must be pretty special to have followed you here but arrived first.” — Rebecca Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Faith, Sophia. Life isn’t always going to give you the answers to the questions you’re asking. Sometimes you have to make do with the… — Rebecca Hamilton Copy Share Image
Peacekeeping there is still just totally ineffective. The UN is now saying they are sending reinforcements in the area, but I have no particular reason to believe that they will be any stronger than the force there. In Southern Kordofan, it's mostly an Egyptian battalion, and that's really problematic because the population already doesn't trust the Egyptians; they think they're… — Rebecca Hamilton Copy Share
“This—” He shook his head. “You and me, you know it’s not a good idea.” “If you think so, maybe you should stay away.” “You don’t want me to,” he said, moving his hand to mine. Every time he touched me, my stomach got all jittery. “What do you want?” I asked. “You,” he said, his expression unreadable and his… — Rebecca Hamilton Copy Share
The south really wants Abyei; they have a core constituency who reside in the area who believe that Abyei belongs to the south. There… — Rebecca Hamilton Copy Share Image
Something I've learned over time, and trying to remind myself this week as I am back in New York and feeling pretty anxious, is that things always seem less dire when you're in the country than when you're outside. I don't exactly know why it is, except that people just have to get on with their life, so they do.… — Rebecca Hamilton Copy Share
“I’ve stopped protecting my heart from you,” he said. “I’ve stopped fighting the way I feel, stopped fighting the natural draw I feel toward… — Rebecca Hamilton Copy Share Image
o this idea that we fail to stop these things because there's not awareness about them, or that we need better early warning information,… — Rebecca Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Then his eyes closed, and his lips Jed told, moving against mine with a soft sensuousness” — Rebecca Hamilton Copy Share Image
