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Sudan Selects ‘Goodbye Julia’ as Official Entry for Oscars 2024
by 500 Words Magazine - Sep 27, 2023Goodbye Julia, the first-ever Sudanese feature to screen at the Cannes Film Festival, has been selected by Sudan to be its second-ever Academy Awards submission for best international feature film. In May 2023, the debut feature from Sudanese filmmaker... -
UNHCR: 1,200 Children Die of Suspected Measles and Malnutrition in Sudan
by 500 Words Magazine - Sep 24, 2023More than 1,200 refugee children under the age of five have died in nine camps between 15 May and 14 September 2023, due to a deadly combination of a suspected measles outbreak and high malnutrition, according... -
Sudanese Art Curator Duaa Tariq is on the 2023 TIME100 Next List
by 500 Words Magazine - Sep 17, 2023On 13 September 2023, TIME, the American news magazine based in New York City, published its annual TIME100 Next list with Sudanese art curator Duaa Tariq making the list. Divided into five categories – Artists, Phenoms, Innovators,... -
South Sudan Makes History by Qualifying for Paris 2024 Olympics
by 500 Words Magazine - Sep 2, 2023South Sudan has secured their first Olympic basketball place after beating Angola 101-78 on Saturday, 2 September 2023 in Manila, Philippines. 🏀 SSD takes lead vs Angola in last stand at the 2023 World Cup 🇸🇸#WinForSouthSudan... -
The Sudanese Music Artists Who’ve Been Hosted on COLORS
by 500 Words Magazine - Sep 1, 2023Dutch-Sudanese singer and songwriter Gaidaa and British-Nigerian artist Bellah have come together for a very special A COLORS show performance of their new collaborative single, “As You Are”. The track was developed during COLORS’ first ever... -
Speak Sudanese: New Website for Learning Sudanese Arabic
by 500 Words Magazine - Aug 31, 2023After launching the new book 100 Sudanese Verbs for Beginners in April 2023 to bridge the gap between learners of Sudanese Arabic and resources, Waleed Elharith Johnson and Fakhradin Dafallaa said it is meant to be a first... -
South Sudan Historic Debut Win at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023
by 500 Words Magazine - Aug 29, 2023South Sudan celebrated after beating China for their first ever global victory at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023. HISTORY 🎉 South Sudan get their first World Cup victory with a dominant win over China 😤#FIBAWC... -
Musician Abu Araki Abdelraheem and Other Civilians Killed by Mortar in Al Shajara
by 500 Words Magazine - Aug 24, 2023Musician Abu Araki Abdelrahim, a member of the popular Sudanese music group, Igd Al Jalad, has been killed after a mortar hit Al Hammadab Mosque in Al Shajara neighbourhood in Khartoum on 23 August 2027. Other casualties... -
Is Options Trading Halal?
by 500 Words Magazine - Aug 22, 2023Binary options trading is quite the puzzle for the Islamic society. The biggest question is whether binary options trading is halal, or lawful or permitted under Islamic law, and is this kind of trading allowed by... -
Al-Hila: Open to Donation Pledges
by 500 Words Magazine - Aug 19, 2023Al-Hila, a competition to rehabilitate a neighbourhood in Sudan, has been interrupted by the ongoing war in Sudan. The competition was formerly sponsored by Sudan Urban Development Think-Tank (SUDTT) and is now in need of a new sponsor...