10 years of the long read: ‘All that we had is gone’: my lament for war-torn Khartoum (2023)

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🗓️ 9 December 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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As the Long Read turns 10 we are raiding the archives to bring you a favourite piece from each year since 2014, with new introductions from the authors. This week from 2023: Since Sudan’s capital was engulfed by violence in April, life there has been all but destroyed. As we tried to get family members to safety, the ruination of my former home became hard to fathom. By Nesrine Malik. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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0:00.0	This is The Guardian.
0:09.3	International charity ActionAid has been working with refugee communities in northern Uganda,
0:14.5	helping women heal from gender-based violence.
0:17.5	Women like Monica from South Sudan, who found a safe space to recover from her trauma and learn
0:22.4	leadership skills. Monica now helps empower other women too.
0:26.3	Now I can stand talking front of people, even talk in front of men without fear, telling them
0:32.4	that this is right, this is wrong.
0:34.8	This winter, help ActionAid provide life-saving services and support to refugee women and
0:40.0	girls as they heal, learn, work and thrive.
0:43.2	Just £20 could cover the daily fee of a counsellor supporting survivors of violence.
0:47.9	To discover more about Monica's journey or to donate, visit actionaid.org.org.
0:52.6	If I won the Euro-Millions, I think the clear sign would be by to donate, visit actionaid.org.uk forward slash podcast.
0:59.3	If I won the Euromillions, I think the clear sign would be buying my old school,
1:05.7	turning it into a paintball park, shooting and like having fun, not in a murdery way.
1:07.8	Huge first thing for people to notice.
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1:20.4	dot com forward slash there will be signs. This message was paid for by the euro millions from the
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1:33.7	The Guardian Archive Long Read.
1:47.7	Hi, my name is Nisreen Malik and I'm the author of All That We Had is Gone,
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