Three cameras for Adrenaline Junkies
If you are an adrenaline junkie, thrill seeker, or weekend adventurer, don’t rely on your smartphone to capture those unforgettable moments. Given most smartphones have very good cameras, but what you really need is a camera that laughs in the face of danger. The latest…
The Role of Oral Traditions and Expressions in Preserving Cultural heritage
The oral traditions and expressions domain in Sudan encompass an enormous variety of spoken forms including proverbs, tales, nursery rhymes, legends, myths, epic songs and poems. Oral traditions and expressions are used to pass on knowledge, cultural and social values and collective memory. They play…
Dehydration
When traveling to a country like Sudan, one needs to assess certain elements that are essential to the body for a swift adaptation. The most crucial element to be aware of, is the difference in weather between Africa and other continents, and within Africa itself….
Why I Get International Calls from Local Numbers
Has this happened to you before?. You get a call from an unknown number, usually from the Sudani network, and when you answer the call you find it is a friend or relative or a known associate living in another country. How does it work?…
Surprising Brain Power Benefits of Fasting
Fasting is commonly associated with the month of Ramadan. As you read this, billions of Muslims around the world are preparing for this declaration of faith that involves abstaining from food and drink from dawn until dusk. While fasting for Ramadan is down to a…
Video conferencing App Google Meet v. Zoom
If you open the Google Meet web page, written in large type is: Premium video meetings. Now free for everyone. Directly below that is another small message, then under that, two icons: one labeled Start a meeting and the other labeled Enter meeting code. this…
What to do with Leftover Vegetables? Focaccia Gardening
Have you ever opened the produce drawer in the fridge and found it had become a retirement home for aging vegetables—wrinkled tomatoes and peppers, onions curling and separating, rubbery carrots, a potato with growth, and wilted dill? Thanks to Teri Culletto, a home baker in…
Lemon Deodorant
Welcome to Austerity Tips. With the shattered and failing (read failed) economy, we have no alternative but to take the necessary measures in order to safeguard our wallets from further damage. In other words, we have to save what we can because the situation is…
Through the Pandemic Lenses: A Look at Food Security
Let’s take a look at a crisis created by the pandemic, the food crisis. Globally people are panic buying. The shelves of supermarkets and grocery stores in many cities are empty. Indisputably, food is categorized as a necessity, not a luxury. So why have so…
Make Pop up Books
Homeschooling-ideas Pop-up cards, folders and books are a great way to add an extra dimension to your homeschooling. Pop Ups are a great tool for educators because they can range from simple cards to complex paper engineering. They work great for math lessons because they…
Al Jazar: A Minimalist Approach
On Al Jazar Street in al Riyadh Khartoum, under a large white sign spelling out the word “Al Jazar” in big bold black-lined red letters, is a great little take out for a delicious kufta sandwich. As the namesake explicates, the enterprise is a byproduct…