كتب الكاتب الفاتح جبرا المتوفرة بمعرض الدوحة
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وداعا منوت.....رحلة الجثمان من واشنطون الى نيروبي/جوبا/واو ثم قرية تريلي (Photos)
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ودعت واشنطون بالأمس جثمان المرحوم منوت بول لاعب السلة العالمي بعد الصلاة عليه في الكنيسةالكاتدرائية الوطنية بواشنطون Washington National Cathedral Church
و كان من ضمن الحضور أفراد من أسرته و أصدقائه و عددا من شيوخ الكونجرس الأمريكي و نوابه و زملاء المرحوم في كرة السلة و بعض من محطات التلفزيون و الصحافة الأمريكية.
Washington National Cathedral Church
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Re: وداعا منوت.....رحلة الجثمان من واشنطون الى نيروبي/جوبا/واو ثم قرية تريلي (Photos) (Re: Zakaria Joseph)
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الأخ العزيز نصرالدين
الدوام لله وحده حزنِا لوفاة الأخ والصديق منوت والذى ربطتنا به حياة المنافى والغربه.
كنت أتمنى أن يمر جثمانه عبر الخرطوم وليس نيروبى. من الخرطوم ومن مدينة أركويت تحديدا-حيث كان مسكنه- إنبثق ضوء شهرته عندما إستضافه الإعلامى البارز الطيب محمد الطيب فى برنامجه التلفزيونى الشهير صور شعبيه.
فى واشنطن كانت هنالك زيارات متبادله بينناوبين أسرنا. واحده من تلك الزيارات كانت بمناسبة عيد الأضحى المبارك.
فى ذلك اليوم تحركت باكرا ومعى أسرتى صوب المركز الإسلامى فى واشنطن دى سى ورغم إقامتى فى ولاية ميريلاند لكنى أفضل دائما أن تكون صلاة العيد فى واشنطن دى سى حتى أتمكن من مقابلة أكبر عدد من السودانيين.
عقب صلاة العيد فى ذلك اليوم , عدت بالأولاد للبيت. غادرت لإحدى المزارع لإحضار خروف الضحيه , عند رجوعى وجدت منوت ومعه كل أفرد أسرته حضروا ليهنئونا بالعيد , سلموا علينا بالأحضان وهم يرددون عيد مبارك..عيد مبارك. ظلوا معنا طيلة اليوم وحتى وقت متأخر من الليل.
تطرقنا بالحديث فى ذلك الأثناء لشتى المواضيع.. الرياضيه والسياسيه والإجتماعيه والخدميه. كذلك تركًز جانب من حديثنا عن صديقى وزميلى فى بنك السودان جون مثيانق أجينق جيفور والذى تربطه صلة قربى بمنوت.
منوت كان حبيب الجميع ورجل حبُوب فقدناه.
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Re: وداعا منوت.....رحلة الجثمان من واشنطون الى نيروبي/جوبا/واو ثم قرية تريلي (Photos) (Re: ABDALLAH ABDALLAH)
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وداعا منوت.....ارقد بسلام فى أرضك وأرض أجدادك فها هو ثراها الذى عشقته يحتضنك بعد طول غياب...... وداعا ايها النجم....البطل.....الشجاع ...الذى خاض مغامرة أن يكون فى تلك البلاد التى يصعب فيها خوض غمار النجومية....وقد فعلت وكنت وأنجزت..... دون أن تتنكر وتتناسي وتلبس ثوبا آخر غير ثوبك الملون السودانى الجميل........
.....تعازى قلبية يا كوستاوى....أحس فعلا بحزنك العميق على صديق العمر....فلك التحية لإيفائه حقه.... ولك التحية لتوثيق جميل لمراسم وداعه الأخيرة كان منوت بالنسبة لنا فى فريق السلة ولكل محبي كرة السلة...هواة ومحترفين...مثل أعلى ونجم يحتذى به وكم ثابر وداوم على مساعدة منشط كرة السلة للسيدات فى السودان.........
فخرنا به كثيرا...ومازلنا....وستظل ذكراه وسيرة حياته نبراس لخطى القادمين من الرياضييين الشباب..... خطفته المنية باكرا كما تفعل بمعظم الطيبين له الرحمة والمغفرة ولنا العزاء فى سيرته العطرة ودربه المضئ...ولأسرته الصبر والسلوان وعلى قبره جنة غناء وآلاف الورود
.....تحياتى وعزائي العميق يا كوستاوى
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Re: وداعا منوت.....رحلة الجثمان من واشنطون الى نيروبي/جوبا/واو ثم قرية تريلي (Photos) (Re: عمران حسن صالح)
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الجثمان يصل جوبا
Basketball star Bol's body returns to south Sudan 03 Jul 2010 09:33:41 GMT Source: Reuters * Hundreds wait for Manute Bol's body at Juba airport
* Bol remembered as basketball star and national hero
By Badru Mulumba
JUBA, Sudan, July 3 (Reuters) - The body of basketball star Manute Bol returned to south Sudan on Saturday, where a crowd paid tribute to a national hero revered for his charity work at home as much as his sporting glory in the United States.
Bol, the 7-foot-7 (2.31 metre) shot blocker who took an unlikely path from cattle herder in south Sudan through 10 seasons in the NBA to an internationally-respected humanitarian career, died in a U.S. hospital on June 19 at the age of 47.
The charity he worked with building schools in Sudan said the cause of death was kidney failure and a painful skin disease, Stevens-Johnson syndrome.
A plane carrying his body landed in south Sudan's capital Juba on Saturday morning. Officials draped his white casket in a south Sudan flag as a crowd of more than 700 mourners, including young players from local basketball teams, looked quietly on.
Officials said the body would stay for a short time in Juba, to allow mourners to pay their respects. There are plans to fly Bol back to his home village of Turalei in south Sudan's remote Warrap state and bury him near his grandfather in coming days.
Bol, discovered playing on the streets of Khartoum and brought to the United States, became a fan favourite for Washington, Golden State, Philadelphia and Miami.
He is still tied for the record as the tallest person ever to play in the NBA and owns the career record for most blocked shots per 48 minutes of playing time.
In Sudan's semi-autonomous south, he was known for his charitable work, particularly during the decades-long civil war between north and south Sudan that ended in a 2005 peace deal.
"He was the tallest man in the NBA and everybody here enjoyed the international fame he was getting," Warrap governor Nyandeng Malek told Reuters before the body landed.
"We remember him for his leadership during the struggle ... He gave his money, he talked and he advocated for the people of south Sudan."
Malek said Bol paid for refugee airlifts during the war and visited south Sudan during this April's national elections, campaigning for people to vote, despite signs of his last illness.
"With our tradition, the remains of the body must go back to where he was born. His grave will be shown to generations to come," she added.
Sudan Sunrise, a charity that worked with Bol and set up a school in his name in Turalei, said he fell seriously ill after becoming separated from his medicines on his last trip to Sudan.
"Ultimately, he succumbed to a combination of kidney failure and Stevens-Johnson syndrome," said the group on its website.
Two million people died and 4 million fled during the battle over differences in ideology, ethnicity and religion between Sudan's Muslim north and the south, where most follow Christianity and traditional beliefs.
Southerners are just over six months away from a referendum promised in the 2005 peace deal on whether they should stay in Sudan or secede. Analysts expect most to choose independence.
(Writing and additional reporting by Andrew Heavens; Editing by Peter Graff)
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Re: وداعا منوت.....رحلة الجثمان من واشنطون الى نيروبي/جوبا/واو ثم قرية تريلي (Photos) (Re: Kostawi)
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دفنت اليوم جنازة المغفور له منوت بول في قريته تورآلي قرب مدينة واو
Basketball star Bol buried in south Sudan El Tayeb Siddig El Tayeb Siddig – 2 hrs 33 mins ago TURALEI, Sudan (Reuters) –
Basketball star Manute Bol was buried in his family's home town in south Sudan on Sunday and hundreds of mourners paid tribute to the man whose talent took him from the grazing lands of Africa to NBA fame.
Sudan-born
Bol, a phenomenon through 10 NBA seasons thanks to his 7-foot, 7-inch (2.31-meter) frame and ability to block opponents' shots, died in a U.S. hospital on June 19 aged 47.
Bol herded his family's cattle in south Sudan as a boy and was spotted playing basketball in
Khartoum by a visiting U.S. coach. After his NBA career he continued to focus his time and wealth on humanitarian work in his underdeveloped homeland.
The charity he worked with building schools said the cause of death was kidney failure and a painful skin disease,
Stevens- Johnson syndrome, which worsened after his last trip to Sudan during the country's April elections.
A plane carrying Bol's body arrived in south Sudan's capital Juba Saturday. Sunday, members of his extended family and local politicians accompanied Bol's remains on a two-hour plane ride and four-hour road trek to Turalei, his remote home town in the region's Warrap state.
"There are lots of family here, lots of people who loved him very much ... He gave his life for south Sudan," Bol's wife Ajok Deng told Reuters before the burial.
"We are here because he told me 'I want to be buried next to my grandfather'. We're here to go according to his will."
His wife said she was planning to stay in Sudan for a few days with their three sons and one daughter before returning to their U.S. home in
Olathe, Kansas.
Hundreds of people from surrounding villages walked to Turalei for the burial and lined the road from outside the settlement right up to his family's mud-walled hut.
Young men carried pictures of the sports star and a local basketball team accompanied the coffin that was lowered into the grave lined with cattle hides.
Locals would continue slaughtering bulls in his honor until Tuesday, as part of the funeral rites that mixed Christianity with Dinka tribal custom, said Bol's brother Nicola, adding: "He will be remembered for all the charity work he did in Sudan."
Bol, who played for Washington, Golden State, Philadelphia and Miami, is tied for the record as the tallest person to play in the NBA. He also owns the career record for most blocked shots per 48 minutes of playing time.
South Sudan's president Salva Kiir paid tribute to Bol's work during a Catholic requiem mass in Juba Saturday, saying he supported the region during its decades-long civil war with north Sudan.
The oil-producing territory is just over six months away from the scheduled start of a referendum on whether it should split away from Sudan as an independent country, a vote promised under the 2005 accord that ended the civil war.
(Additional reporting by Mohamed Nureldin in Turalei; writing by Andrew Heavens; editing by Janet Lawrence))
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