January 4, 2009
How to get from Sudan to Star Trek in one jump
Sadiq al-Mahdi, former prime minister of Sudan, is the uncle of Alexander Siddig, the actor who played Dr. Julian Subatoi Bashir, the chief medical officer in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
The challenge - to get this into a story by the end of the year.
Posted by aheavens at January 4, 2009 12:37 PM
Comments
Sounds like another Turkmenistan mission to me...
http://www.fromthefrontline.co.uk/blogs/index.php?blog=14&title=darfur_not_the_size_of_france_or_texas&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
Posted by: Graham at January 4, 2009 4:37 PM
Also Farouk al-Baz, who plans to dig wells in the "Ancient Lake" in North Darfur, had a space shuttle in Star Trek named after him...
Posted by: Laura at January 12, 2009 5:08 AM