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Sudanese Perfume and Incense Brands
The Realities of War Through the Eyes of Sudanese Artists
Sudanese Toub Designers and Brands You Should Follow
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
21 November 2024
MADANIYA: A New Sudanese Documentary Reflecting on the December Revolution
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Thuraya Salih
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Jun 26, 2024
MADANIYA is a new feature documentary about the revolution in Sudan, which began on 19 December 2018 in response to hiking prices of bread and other essentials and continued throughout 2019, bringing crucial political changes to...
Period Poverty in Sudan
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Thuraya Salih
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Jun 15, 2023
Every year on 9 June, National No Apologies Period Day is celebrated. This day seeks to dismantle the stigmatism and shame that surrounds periods or menstruations. In Sudan, stigma surrounds periods, and in communities in rural...
Mental Health Clinics in Sudan
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Thuraya Salih
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Dec 29, 2020
Sudan is one of the first countries in Africa and the Middle East to offer mental health services. Dr Al-Tigany Al-Mahy is one of the first psychiatrist in the region. He graduated in 1935 from Kitchener...
The Natural Hair Movement in Sudan
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Thuraya Salih
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Aug 26, 2020
Sudan, being a diverse Afro-Arab country with multi-ethnicities, is home to a wide variety of skin shades, hair textures, and overall, looks. However, since the early 1950s, former regimes and society have been enforcing a national...
Behind The #KandakasAreHumiliated Campaign
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Thuraya Salih
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Jun 12, 2020
Since the world went into self-quarantine or self-isolation as a move to curb the spread of COVID-19, reports and concerns over domestic violence have increased. In Sudan, many young women began sharing their stories about being...
Mental Health in the Time of COVID-19
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Thuraya Salih
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Apr 7, 2020
COVID-19 has affected more than 200 countries and territories with more than 1.2 million confirmed cases, and at least 70,500 confirmed deaths. Cities are on lockdown, travel is banned, and people are asked to stay at...
An Inside Look Into Dating in Sudan
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Thuraya Salih
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Feb 12, 2020
Across the world, dating is widely known as an act where two people meet socially with the aim of each assessing the other’s suitability as a prospective partner in an intimate relationship or marriage. In Sudan, it’s...
The Sudanese Organisations Focusing on Youth Development in Sudan
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Thuraya Salih
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Nov 26, 2019
Unemployment is one of the world’s most critical problems today. Sudan has one of the world’s highest unemployment rates with many of the country’s youth, which make up 40% of Sudan’s population, are unemployed. However, there...
The Unemployed Youth Leading the Sudan Revolution
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Thuraya Salih
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Aug 1, 2019
Since December 2018, Sudan has witnessed a revolution that brought millions of people to the streets across the country, calling for ‘Freedom, Peace, Justice. Revolution is the choice of the people’. The protests, triggered by the...
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