Coinciding with the Egyptian Al-Ahly match and the Sudanese Al-Hilal match, which is scheduled to take place the day after tomorrow (Saturday) at Cairo Stadium, where that match, which is called “the qualifying round for the quarter-final round of the African Champions League,” topped the media of the two countries, as well as social networking sites, which made it some “ Harb,” which was rejected by many intellectuals in both countries, as the Egyptian and Sudanese intellectuals issued a press statement, a copy of which was obtained by Okaz.
The intellectuals mentioned in the statement that in the past days, a debate appeared between some of the people of the Nile Valley across its southern and northern banks. For some, it reached an exchange and our communication exceeded the cause of the controversy, and affected the people of the valley in the two countries. The brothers in the two countries of the Nile Valley, where they exceeded a lot, departed from the proper style, and what should be the brotherhood of the one house, forgetting that what unites the two peoples is the bonds of kinship and blood, which could not have been separated by such an exchange.
The statement stressed that there are relations between Egypt and Sudan whose roots are deeply rooted in a common history, linked by geography and the Nile, and reinforced by common interests. Between the two countries.
Among the signatories to the statement were Dr. Othman Al-Bushra Al-Mahdi, Khalil Menoun, a researcher on African affairs, Yahya Qalash, former head of the Journalists Syndicate, and Dr. Amani Al-Taweel, director of the African Program at Al-Ahram Center.
Mohamed Hefny (Cairo)
