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Sudanese Documentary ‘Heroic Bodies’ Receives Audience Award at Malmo Arab Film Festival 2023
by 500 Words Magazine - May 7, 2023Heroic Bodies, a new Sudanese documentary film by Sudanese filmmaker Sara Suliman, received the Audience Award at the Malmö Arab Film Festival (MAFF) 2023. MAFF is the leading and largest film festival dedicated to Arab cinema... -
Fleeing the Sudan Crisis
by 500 Words Magazine - May 2, 2023On 15 April 2023, fighting erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary force led by General Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti). Clashes between the two forces continue, leaving many casualties and property... -
Emergency Reliefs for Sudan
by 500 Words Magazine - Apr 20, 2023On Saturday, 15 April 2023, fighting erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary force led by General Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti). Clashes between the two forces continue, leaving many casualties and... -
Al Burhan vs Hemedti: Everything You Need to Know
by 500 Words Magazine - Apr 17, 2023On Saturday, 15 April 2023, fighting erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary force led by General Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti). Clashes between the two forces continue, leaving many casualties and... -
‘Goodbye Julia’ Makes History as First Sudanese Film at Cannes
by 500 Words Magazine - Apr 16, 2023Goodbye Julia, the debut feature from Sudanese filmmaker Mohamed Kordofani, has been selected to screen at this year’s Cannes Film Festival 2023 or Festival de Cannes in the Un Certain Regard section, a milestone for Sudan, marking the country’s... -
SAMA to Launch Art for Sudan Initiative
by 500 Words Magazine - Apr 11, 2023Sudanese American Medical Association (SAMA) is set to launch Art for Sudan on 29 April 2023, selling canvas paintings by Sudanese artists online and at Downtown Gallery. ‘Art, knowledge and health bring people together and promote... -
New Book “100 Sudanese Verbs for Beginners” is All You Need to Master Verbs in Sudanese Arabic
by 500 Words Magazine - Apr 7, 2023Sudanese Arabic is a beautiful dialect, yet it is almost unknown to the outside world. Even to some who are of Sudanese descent, but grew up in a different country the language may be foreign. Virtually... -
The Helping Hands of South Sudan
by 500 Words Magazine - Apr 3, 2023South Sudan became the world’s youngest country after seceding from Sudan in 2011 and has since struggled to overcome a multitude of challenges. Conflict, climate change and a continuing economic crisis, and the global food crisis, continue to... -
The Helping Hands of Sudan
by 500 Words Magazine - Mar 28, 2023Sudan is one of the poorest countries in the world with at least 40% of its citizens living below the poverty line. The country has struggled with decades-long civil conflict and rampant government corruption, which has... -
Ghost Season: A Debut Novel By Fatin Abbas
by 500 Words Magazine - Mar 2, 2023A mysterious burnt corpse appears one morning in Saraaya, a remote border town between northern and southern Sudan. For five strangers on an NGO compound, the discovery foreshadows trouble to come. Weaving a sweeping history of...