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Article: Darfur war raises profit for makers of amulets
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- International Herald Tribune
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- October 5, 2004
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Somini Sengupta
International Herald Tribune
10-05-2004
Every war has its profiteers. Why would Darfur be an exception? The war that has inflamed Africa's largest country for more than 18 months and has come to represent the ugly divide between Sudan's Arab-led government and the communities of Darfur has also revved up business for the makers of ''hijabs,'' leather-pouch amulets believed to ward off harm that are worn widely across the parched Muslim region of the Sahel. The hijab makers here cater to all sides of the conflict. The rebels fighting the Sudanese government hang hijabs in heavy garlands around their necks. The pro-government Arab militias, the Janjaweed, favor hijabs as ...