Here's an interesting story on darfur-refugees in Cairo. The men describe how they suffered under the war in western Sudan, how they made it to Egypt and under which conditions they now live.

It's especially interesting as the article entails a large section which entails some personal views of the Darfurian refugees interviewed. Historically there are broad ties between Egypt and Sudan. The Darfurians here are the more shocked about the rassism and discrimination they have to face in their daily life in the metropolis of Cairo. (1) "Additionally, both Egyptian locals and authorities show a lack of trust towards the Sudanese refugees. "Any crime that takes place in a street on which we live is usually blamed on us," lamented Maki. He recounted one incident in which a resident in their apartment building threw a bucket of water over the coffee shop at the ground floor. "Immediately all the customers at the coffee shop raced to the apartment with the Darfur refugees carrying huge knives.""

I was really affected when I read it, especially because I thougt there were more sympathies towards the people of the neighbouring country...

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