No Tourists Allowed: Seeking Inner Peace and Sobriety in War-Torn Sudan

For Shannon Egan, what began as a desperate bid to break from her strict religious upbringing and recover her sobriety-via a one-way ticket to Sudan, a country in the midst of genocide and civil war, and, due to Islamic law, seemingly alcohol-free-would evolve into a headlong plunge into the surreal politics of faith: the world of freelance journalism and nonprofit aid in a war zone, where big hearts and big talent compete to tell all the gory details, where children bring guns for class sh...