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 In Recognition of Khatim Adlan's Contribution
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Activists and Friends of Khatim Adlan....
In my difficult efforts to overcome this shocking news of the health crisis facing Ustaz/Khatim Adlan, I'm trying hard to face the cruelty of this reality. Most of us live in harmony with the hard statistics of the national census. In Sudan the average life expectancy is 51 years and in the US 72. So usually you don't feel in a hurry when you know you still have more than 20 years to live.
The cruelty of this reality is the man-made cancer become part of our life... especially for people who are coming from countries ruled by corrupt systems. In specific area of Gezira, the cancer percentage increased by 3 times of the National average. This is mainly because of heavy use of agric. chemicals, in addition to the irresponsible acts of technocrats (the Hasahisa pesticides graveyard).
Khatim Adlan fought and will continue fighting for the social justice of the poor thru different community organizing tools that he excelled. This legacy of Khatim should continue in his life and beyond. The mass educational workshops, rallies and Political Nights that he has been doing over the past 40 years helped many of us to become more focused and aware.
I proposed to a number of Ustaz/Khatim's friends (in Philly and DC) that we should move beyond this crisis and continue with Ustaz/Khatim in his mass educational campaign mission. I proposed one idea of founding a Think Tank institute or Community Organizing center in recognition the role of Ustaz/Khatim Adlan in our political and cultural life.
I participated last summer in the inauguration of the Bill Sutherland Institute, an African American legend, in his life (http://www.sutherlandinstitute.org/Oldsite/) . I hope to participate again this Summer and meet again with this thinker who did a lot for the global human rights issues.
My proposal of Khatim Adlan Action Research Center comes within the same idea of the Bill Sutherland Institute. We should celebrate the achievements of our thinkers in their life.
The cruelty of cancer pushes us to think ahead and get prepared to the worst scenario. We don’t know when we will be exiting this short life.
Mohamed Elgadi
Philadelphia, PA (USA)
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