We made to Jeddah safely after a 24 hr journey by sea. The Saudis literally rolled out the red carpet upon arrival, handing us sweets, flowers and Saudi flags upon arrival and putting everyone up in hotels. I feel conflicted about it but have to hand it to them…#sudan_update
They are the only country to actually undertake a civilian (free) evacuation for everyone regardless of nationality Shame on all the other countries that could have and decided not to, especially the Egyptians for giving ppl a hard time at the border…
There were so many beautiful moments of solidarity/generosity btw ppl from around the world on this ship. Special shout out and solidarity with the hundreds of Yemenis esp. for being asked to wave the Saudi flag as part of the PR aspect of this evacuation.
Saudi evacuation ship before and after the journey across the red sea
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Here is a🧵 for those considering evacuating from Port Sudan. It’s a long journey but possibly the most affordable and best option for our ppl with visa restrictions i.e. men under 50 and non-Sudani African and Arab citizens. I am really tired so pls forgive typos. (1/10+) 🧵
We left a rural village in sharg el nil early in the morning on 4/23. We had no phone credit or network so we just went with whatever we could find. First stop was Kubri Soba (south of the city) took a hafla (mini bus) for 5000 sdg each. As we drove through Khartoum to (2/10)
Bahri, we were stopped by twice. The 2nd time in Kafoury RSF soldier talked to us for a while, asked a brother why he had decided to leave them. Brother was calm but shaking. He then came to where I was sitting with Layla started asking questions with his hand on his gun. (3/10)