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Folktales from Sudan: Audio Stories from Sudanese Folklore Coming on 1 April
Reminiscing About Sudan in Movies: Lost Past, Misunderstood Present and Perplexing Future
Elmiene Releases “For The Deported” EP Honouring Sudan
Books
Reem Gaafar’s “A Mouth Full of Salt” Coming Out on 9 April
Zeinab Badawi Announces Publication of Her First Book “An African History of Africa”
New Book “100 Sudanese Verbs for Beginners” is All You Need to Master Verbs in Sudanese Arabic
Creative Writing
In Her First Book, Roaa Nizar Writes ‘To All Who Exist’
On What it Means to be Sudani: An Introspection
Crying for Omar
Photography
‘Modern Sudan’ Photography Competition Launched
‘Sudan Protests’: Regional Winner of the 2022 World Press Photo Contest
Introducing Food Stylist Thuraya Mahmoud
Society
Colourism and Skin Bleaching in South Sudan
Modesty in Sudan | Part III: Facing Patriarchal Power
The Natural Hair Movement in Sudan
Travel
Countries South Sudanese Can Travel to Visa-free
Countries Sudanese Can Travel to Visa-free
Atbara: The Cradle of the Sudan Uprising
Interviews
Tahani Ajak: The Unknown Helping Hand of Sudan’s Refugee Camps
Interview with Reem Gaafar, The First Sudanese to Win The Island Prize for African Novels
Ghost Season: A Debut Novel By Fatin Abbas
Foreigners’ Perspective
From Nimiti Paradise to Sand Dunes Dreamland
Five Things I Miss About Sudan
Sudan: A Home Away from Home
Science and Technology
Culture and Society in South Sudan in the Face of Climate Change
A Surgeon’s Legacy: Remembering Dr Isam Osman
Introducing Pesabase: Revolutionising Sending Money to South Sudan
Technology
Introducing Pesabase: Revolutionising Sending Money to South Sudan
Shakheto: Sudanese Team at 2023 Hult Prize Challenge
Blockchain for Cross-border Remittances in Sudan: A Humanitarian Approach
Health
Remembering Dr Bushra Ibnauf
B’Sarahah: New Initiative Tackling Mental Health in Sudan
Period Poverty in Sudan
Business and Economy
Videos
20 April 2025
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“You Will Die at Twenty” and Sudan’s Collectivist Culture
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Leena Badri
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Jun 4, 2020
The much-acclaimed film “You Will Die at Twenty” by Sudanese director Amjad Abu Alala follows the journey of a young boy who is prophesied to die once he reaches twenty years of age, and subsequently spends...
On Living Memories: Hussein Shariffe
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Suha Khalid
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Jun 2, 2020
‘There is a definitive analogy between my work as a painter and my work as a filmmaker, which I think is inevitable. My framing of the film is painterly. When it is in black and white...
Akram Altoum In The Spotlight
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Khansa Al-Bashier
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Jun 1, 2020
In September 2019, Sudan began to form its first government since the overthrow of the longstanding former Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir and his regime. As Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok addressed the nation in a press conference...
Actor Al Hadi Al Siddiq Dies in Road Accident
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500 Words Magazine
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May 31, 2020
Al Hadi Al Siddiq, one of the most prominent actors in Sudanese drama, died on Saturday, 30 May 2020 at the age of 72 in a hospital in Khartoum after his car veered off course on...
Sudan in Big History: Confluence of Civilisations is the Need of the Hour
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Umar Nizarudeen
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May 29, 2020
Big History being popularised with an evangelical zeal by metropolitan universities, ignores the causes of humanity and justice. The highly popular Big History course offered free of cost on the online platform called Coursera is taught...
The Unheard Stories of COVID-19 in Sudan
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Saria El-Amin
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May 27, 2020
It’s been nearly two months since the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Sudan, which was on 13 March 2020 when a citizen arrived to Khartoum from the UAE. Ever since, Sudan’s government has taken...
Lion Cub Born in Al Qurashi Park
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500 Words Magazine
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May 26, 2020
A lion cub was born in Al Qurashi Family Park, announced Osman Salih, the founder of the Sudan Animal Rescue campaign, on 23 May 2020. The lion cub, Simon/Simone Jr, is the offspring of the lion,...
Celebrating Eid During Lockdown
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Noon Ali
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May 24, 2020
Since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in December 2019, life around the world has drifted to another direction. We are now living in what they are calling ‘The new normal’, enforcing us to experience things...
South Sudan’s Riek Machar & Wife Test Positive for COVID-19
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500 Words Magazine
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May 19, 2020
Riek Machar, South Sudan’s inaugural Vice President, has tested positive for COVID-19 along with his wife, Minister of Defence Angelina Teny, and a number of his office staff and bodyguards, according to a statement posted on Monday, 19...
11 Sudanese Scientists You Should Know About
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Zeinab Mohammed
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May 17, 2020
Scientists play one of the most significant roles in our world, most importantly today as we deal with a pandemic that has taken the lives of more than 300,000 people. Throughout history, there have been many...
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