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On 17 January 2013, Sudan’s iconic music performer mahmoud Abdel Aziz, or the “Whale” of Sudanese music as he was known, passed away in an Amman hospital from stomach ulcer complications. As world attention focused on Sudan’s wars and politics, this devastating event received almost no international coverage.
Unmoved by Sudan’s brutal political system, Abdel Aziz lived a lifestyle that was true to himself, and managed to cross social, class, and racial boundaries with his unassuming manner. For many, he represented the voice of the people, especially the youth.
Abdel Aziz embodied a simple, indiscriminate acceptance of humanity, at its best and worst. In many ways his egalitarianism was the dream of what Sudan could have been, a New Sudan, where pluralism, tolerance, and equality prevailed and the country’s diversity was celebrated instead of exploited for political gain
http://muftah.org/the-passing-of-iconic-sudanese-singer-mahmoud-abdel-aziz/ #.V26pwIlRXqB

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