Southern World: Sudan and Africa

12/10/2021

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On Turkey with Mr Mohammed Abbas of Sudanese Publishers Association

Sudan in Africa

Sudan and Sudanese People

On Africa

Publishing Sector and Cooperation

Future of Publishing and Ebooks

On Turkey with Mr Mohammed Abbas of Sudanese Publishers Association

Sudan in Africa

Sudan and Sudanese People

On Africa

Publishing Sector and Cooperation

Future of Publishing and Ebooks

it’s now again with Mr. Muhammad Abbas, my friends, my dear friends. We will talk about Sudan in Africa. is the Sudanese and then we came to Istanbul for the exhibition, Arabic books, care. so, Mr. Abbas, what can you say, few words about Sudan?

Sudan and Sudanese people. So, please, may you tell us, as you are coming from Sudan, what, what is the meaning of understanding the concept of Sudan? Sudan is a big country. Sudan is a economical country. We have, agriculture area, we have petrol, we have, very big, very big, collection of animals, camel, and, sheep and goats. so we have also fishing the River Nile. This very also very important things. And, we have Arabic gum in Sudan. This is, number one in the world, to the gum. Gum means Arabic gum. Mm. Mm. Arabic gum. Yes. They are every, they use it for, for, many, medicines, and for, maybe and they use it for many things. Many things they use it. Mm. For sweets and, I see. Yeah. It is made of Sudan. Medicines and Mm. Yeah. So the gum. It’s very important. Very important. Mm. We have very important. Also, cotton, is number one in the world. Cotton. Cotton, yes. Very fertile, place, are very fertile, yeah, yeah. Productive agriculture. Yes. Agriculture is number one in Sudan. Yes, yes, yeah. And the people of Sudan is very, is very good people for thinking, for working, for, for, to think. So that is people will build, the golf area, Saudi area. Mm. From, 60 years they are, still now they are there. Mm. And, UK also Sudanese work, especially in, medicine area, professors now they. In medical, you have, you have told me that 5,000 medical lives out of the, more than 5,000 states. In the UK. In the UK, okay. I see, I see. And also, you can find in the, any university in the world, you can find the Sudanese. Mm. Sudanese people. Mm. Professors there. In NASA we have Sudanese. NASA, huh? Yeah. So means that, they have, scientific thinking. Yes. They help, they are

ability on scientific thinking. Yes. This is very important. How much how much is the population in Sudan? Now about uh 30, 35 million people living here. I see. I know Sudanese people, they uh they have always smiling faces. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yes, yes. And in Turkey also there are uh many Sudanese working people uh during Ottoman Empire times. They have come to uh the the villages in western area, in Izmir, in Manisa. In that area there are many Sudanese villages. And then they they are very peaceful uh with the people. Yeah, the Turkish people. This history who Sudanese people uh were in uh in the Turkish army. Before uh before one 100 years they were in they have been educated in Turkish army as well, I think. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And after that they come here and there is many families from them till now here. In Turkish. And also now uh Sudanese people uh the families like to to go up Turkish, this is. Because education for education. Education for kids. Before the good health, before uh they can find a work. And they can do something here. Many people, how come here and they stay in uh Do do they learn Turkish language as well? Yes. In Sudan or in Turkey? They are very qualified. If they stay here uh four months or uh like this, they can talk. Because our people can learn language very easily. Easily. Yeah. Aha. Easy. Very easy for for the kids or for the kids. Don’t take more than two or uh three months, or three months. Oh. Incredible. Incredible. Very good. So uh there are in the history, I think there are Turkish uh 100 years before Turkish living in Sudan. Yeah, I didn’t know. Mhm. You know there’s uh Turkish family in Sudan. Mhm. In Ottoman Empire times. Yeah, yeah, this is special. I see. So, my friends, so this was our talking uh with Mr. uh Mohammed Abbas on Turkey and Sudan. So a good day to you. Good day. Thank you. Thank you.

Muhammad Abbas. Now uh I am with my uh Sudanese friends with I am Mr. Muhammad Abbas. He is uh he is a member of Sudanese publishers’ Association and then firstly I met with him in Qatar for. Now uh I am with my uh Sudanese friends with I am Mr. Muhammad Abbas. He is uh he is a member of Sudanese publishers’ Association and then firstly I met with him in Qatar uh for the book fair in Qatar in uh January 2019. So now he’s he has a stop in Istanbul uh for the Arabic book fair. So we will talk with him on uh on subjects. First about his dealings about Turkey. What what does he think about Turkey because he has he has been staying in Istanbul as well, right?

So, miss the Muhammad, what are your feelings about Turkey? What do you think about it? Salam alaykum warahmatullahi. Very is very good and very happy. I meet my friend and is Oman, I think in Oman is is uh uh social social, what is is very good to him, but I’m talking to support very saying, I call him I’m coming. And we made speaking with the and talking about many things. he asked me about my looking for for uh Turkish and Turkey is country have both uh history with Sudan. Before Turkish came to Sudan and they ruled Sudan. And they ruled they ruled, facts, rules, and in many things in Sudan, we taken from Turkish thinking, they are very, very good people, people in good Sudan, good to Europe, good to. Everywhere. All this ruling with Islam. huh. That is very, very good. Uh. Now, Turkey, I came to Turkey before when I come first time, when I story, uh. It’s about 19. uh the city is very uh high, high boys and very this pose and we have just uh support support is pretty, pretty uh is the building, grows grading. And uh equation and health. Everything who do you mean? Improved, better, much better. No, not much better. More, more, more much better.

number one in the world. Yes. They get this man. Yes, they give money for the airlines. service also your your your goals. You can believe uh if you stay stopping any uh uh bus uh station. You want the bus to come by in the minute, by the minute. Bus. Train. Everything in the by the minute. On time. On time. Yes. And very frequent. Very, very. What are your feelings about the Turks? The Turkish are very gentle and helpful. And when you see, how that. Islam. Every time they went to, to, to, to, to help you, to ask you to help them that they are helpful. Yeah, yeah. And when you go to to buy something, uh they give you a good price. No player. No player. Player. They are direct. Direct. Yeah. I see. I see. About Turkish, what is your understanding and feeling about Turkey? We talked about Istanbul and Turks, about Turkey. What does it mean for yourself Turkey? Turkey? Yes, as a country. Turkey as a country now is uh A number. Is the number now? The number, big number. big number. So, no way, yeah, big power. Yes, I mean that big power. And any uh very big power in the world cannot do anything without uh uh So, through, in the in the area, area. Uh in the area big power should consider Turkey as a big power. Yes. big power. And will be more. Inshallah. Inshallah. Inshallah. So, my friends, we, we got Mr. Mohammed Abbas. his feelings about Istanbul, about Turks and Turkey. In the second session, we will talk about Sudan. So, have a good day now. Good day. Bye for. Thank you, brother. Bye.