This week on Radio Intifada, we will be going beyond the usual simplistic explanations of the crisis in Sudan and explore both the roots of the crisis and how it is played out today. The destruction of cultural and social institutions - "sociocide" - is not unique to Sudan, and we will briefly discuss this phenomena in Palestine, particularly with regard to higher education.

Guests:

Sondra Hale, professor of anthropology and women's Studies at UCLA and Coordinator of Darfur Task Force, a group she co-founded with other members of the Sudan Studies Association. A widely published author on Sudan, she is currently co-editing Sudan's Killing Fields (U of Michigan Press) with 2 southern Sudanese.

Lisa Taraki, professor of sociology at Birzeit University (West Bank), where she has been teaching for the past 30 years;

Ahmad Jaradat,  from Jenin city in the north of the west bank, recently graduated from Birzeit university. He been volunteering with the right to education campaign for about 5 years.