ATHENS - Thanasis Pagoulatos kept the family-run Acropole Hotel in Khartoum open throughout all the coups, wars and uprisings that Sudan has periodically endured - until the war that tore through the capital this month finally forced him out. 'It's as if a part of mine is taken from us,' said the 79-year-old Greek, now in his Athens home, his...
ATHENS - Thanasis Pagoulatos kept the family-run Acropole Hotel in Khartoum open throughout all the coups, wars and uprisings that Sudan has periodically endured - until the war that tore through the capital this month finally forced him out.
The unassuming, sand-coloured colonial building in central Khartoum has played host to foreign journalists, aid workers, diplomats and business people throughout its 71-year history.Thanasis and his younger brothers George and Makis - who was born in the Acropole - have run the hotel for decades, and their charm and attentive service have earned it a legendary reputation among its foreign clientele.
When RSF fighters forced them to abandon the hotel, they fled on foot, through streets Pagoulatos said were littered with bodies, taking only their passports, his laptop and a change of clothes. In recent years, as Khartoum was gripped by a growing number of protests, the owners decided to move into the hotel. And even now, Pagoulatos said leaving Sudan had never crossed his mind.
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