Comments for Dan Morrison

Comment on The Black Nile by sean

sean — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:10:55 +0000

Just finished reading it. Fantastic book. I would love to see more of
the pictures you took.

Comment on The Nile: Five Forgotten Cinematic Jewels by Firstmate

Firstmate — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:54:12 +0000

I think Rafelson or Harrison, one or both, was/were trying to be provocatively artsy, or artsily provocative with that “flurry of kisses”, or is there evidence somewhere that something “happened” out there? An unwelcome contrivance in an otherwise great flick.
Fascinating African scenes, for anyone considering renting it. If you can endure the stodgy English parts, you’re home free.
There are some great B&W stills of it on the IMDb site.

Comment on Amazon Subprime by annia

annia — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:11:53 +0000

You’re absolutely correct: Powell’s is unionized. And they have all the internet, search, and delivery services as Amazon. If you order through the union’s website, http://www.ilwulocal5.com/ (which by some cosmic affinity uses the same WordPress Theme as you do), their union gets a cut.

Comment on Sudan: The UN’s report on Southern Kordofan by Links 17-26 July 2011 «ScrollPost.com

Links 17-26 July 2011 «ScrollPost.com — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:21:15 +0000

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Comment on An Introduction by Brad Phillips

Brad Phillips — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 21:12:12 +0000

Hi Dan,

Thanks for posting the Unmis report on southern Kordofan. I just spent 12 days there…just got out last week. Visited by the antonovs and mig daily. In one county i visited (el buram) 600 people had been injures by the aerial bombing among which 152 died. People are sleeping in the rocks and caves because sometimes the bombing is at 3 or 4 am.

The word needs to get out about the war crimes being perpetrated again in Nuba by two indicted war criminals Al Bashir and Ahmed Haroun.

Thanks again for your work

Comment on Sudan: The UN’s report on Southern Kordofan by Prevention in the News [19 July 2011] «

Prevention in the News [19 July 2011] « — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:51:15 +0000

[...] action to stop the conflict unfolding in South Kordofan, a recently leaked UN report, titled “United Nations Mission In Sudan (UNMIS) Report on the Human Rights Situation During the Violence in …,” makes clear that UN officials are well aware that a bloody and ethnically targeted slaughter is [...]

Comment on An Introduction by Jean-Marie

Jean-Marie — Tue, 31 May 2011 17:22:12 +0000

What a nice meeting at the Gange sping’s !

Comment on Sudan Cracks Up by Jim

Jim — Sat, 14 May 2011 19:15:05 +0000

On p. 174 of *The Black Nile*, you quote the origin of the word *dinar* as *dinare*.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinar

See also Lewis and Short’s Latin dictionary.

Do you mean *denarius*?

Good book. I’m enjoying it.

Jim

Comment on Get in Touch by Jesse Aizenstat

Jesse Aizenstat — Wed, 11 May 2011 04:51:00 +0000

Hey Dan,

I was looking to get in touch. I think we do fairly similar things:

http://www.independent.com/news/2011/mar/03/waves-and-rockets/

I’m also asking around for testimonials for my new book, Surfing the Middle East. The link above has some reprinting – artwork, mostly from the app.

Thanks,
Jesse

Comment on The Black Nile by As Africa tinkers with peace, a grim picture emerges in both Sudans - Wandering Savage

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 12:05:10 +0000

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