Ramadan had just ended when Hassan El Ashi realized it was time to run.
Hassan and his wife Josette split their time between Khartoum — the capital city of Sudan — and New Westminster, British Columbia. In Sudan, hundreds of people have been killed and thousands injured since the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces started to engage in intense fighting on April 15.
Many Canadians found themselves trapped in Khartoum, which has become the heart of the conflict zone, The El Ashi’s were among them, waiting their turn on a long list of people hoping to be evacuated by the French consulate.
About a week after the fighting broke out, on Eid-al-Fitr, the
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