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Reminiscing About Sudan in Movies: Lost Past, Misunderstood Present and Perplexing Future
Elmiene Releases “For The Deported” EP Honouring Sudan
The DJs of 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
22 December 2024
Review: ‘Modern Sudanese Poetry: An Anthology’
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Umar Nizarudeen
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Jan 27, 2022
Modern Sudanese Poetry: An Anthology, edited by Sudanese author Adil Babikir, is a glorious testament to the vibrant dynamism of Sudanese literary culture. In recent times, Sudanese poetry has earned fans worldwide. The immaculate visions of a...
Mahatma Gandhi and the Sufi Regime of Sheikh Muḥammad Uthman Abduh Al Burhani
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Umar Nizarudeen
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Sep 12, 2021
Mahatma Gandhi, contrary to expectations, was not just a non-violent maestro who orchestrated a movement. It was Gandhi who propounded almost single handedly the entire spectrum of non-violent agitations observed throughout the world today. Thus the...
The Beja Heritage of India: Interconnections in the Global South
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Umar Nizarudeen
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Jun 10, 2021
‘The Beja language is spoken in the eastern part of the Sudan by some 1,100,000 Muslim people, according to the 1998 census. It belongs to the Cushitic family of the Afro-Asiatic genetic stock. It is the...
The Self in the Poetry of Safia Elhillo and Chandramohan Sathyanathan
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Umar Nizarudeen
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Aug 19, 2020
In a world that is full of stereotypes of gender, race, religion, and caste, intersectional solidarities are increasingly becoming important. Poets and writes from the global south are engaged in the process of forging bonds across...
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...
Season of Migration to the North: Recasting Academic Syllabi for Postcolonial Studies Worldwide
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umar nizarudeen
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May 6, 2020
From Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to Sambalpur University in India, the classic novel by Tayeb Salih, Season of Migration to the North has been an integral part of post-colonial studies syllabi. It has been...
‘Sudani From Nigeria’: Sensitising Concepts in Mainstream Indian Cinema
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Umar Nizarudeen
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Apr 24, 2020
Soccer is a way of life, even more so in the southern Indian state of Kerala, a 100% literate state that boasts of a high human development index, lower infant mortality rates and universal public health...
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