David Morse

Author, Activist & Journalist

David's Darfur Genocide section includes resources, recent essays, interviews with Samantha Power, Alex de Waal, book reviews, links to Sudan-related sites and timely action appeals. Discover ways you can make a difference.

Latest Review

The Translator, by Daoud Hari, is one of the most compelling books I have ever read, period. I can scarcely praise it enough.

News & Updates

News from Abyei the "Kashmir" of Sudan's north-south conflicts

26 June 2008: "Abyei as 'Kashmir'," paper by Roger Winer and John Prendergast.. -Sudan Tribune

Sudanese Refugees in Egypt Again Threatened with Forcible Deportation to Sudan

30 March 2008: "Sudanese Refugees in Egypt Again Threatened with Forcible Deportation to Sudan" See Human Rights Watch report: http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2008/05/30/egypt18977.htm

What you can do:
Write the Egyptian and Sudan embassies, asking that the refugees not be forcibly deported to Sudan, where their lives would be in jeopardy. E-mail or call your U.S. Congressional representatives, asking them to support a letter being circulated in Congress by Rep. Jim McGovern and others on behalf of the refugees.

Clinton or Obama: Who's Better on Darfur?

Sprouts: HOPE For Ariang Village and Sudan [128Kbps mp3 (26.79MB)]
Gabriel Bol Deng of South Sudan talks about his journey from a refugee camp to the US and back to Sudan with David and Jen Marlowe.

"With the Lost Boys in Southern Sudan. Starting from Zero (Part 1)" and "The Coming Collision in Sudan (Part 2)" by David Morse available at tomdispatch.com.

David and filmmaker Jen Marlowe accompanied three "Lost Boys" - Gabriel Bol Deng, Chris Koor Garang, and Garang Mayuol to their villages to deliver humanitarian aid and find out if they had family alive. [See slide show here]