Arts and Culture

‘There are, it is clear, many Sudans, both real and imaginary – and many more possible Sudans. No account of these myriad visions of the country can be definitive,’ says a quote from The Sudan Handbook,...

British-Sudanese singer Elmiene released his full EP, For The Deported, a six-track project that honours his Sudanese heritage through both music and lyrics, on 6 December 2024. The EP opens with “The Deported”, which he released with...

Sudanese music is slowly taking the world stage, whether its common Sudanese songs such as Shokralla Ezeldin’s “Sharee’ Al Neel” (Nile Street), or contemporary Sudanese songs such as Mazmars and Seidosimba’s “MaMuhim” (Not Important). Playing a...

‘Sudan, Remember Us’, a powerful documentary, which captures a jubilant moment of defiance among young Sudanese activists after the overthrow of a long dictatorship, and then chronicles the military crackdown that followed, by French-Tunisian journalist Hind...

Sudan has a rich culture with its own traditional beauty products, including perfumes (khumra), boy scrubs (dilka and a’ruka), incense (bakhoor) and more. Sudanese women worldwide depend on these age-old Sudanese beauty regiments and treatments for...

In the heart of Nairobi, Sudanese artists have transformed their pain, hope and memories into extraordinary pieces of art, painting their feelings and depicting the lives of people who are now displaced and seeking refuge in...

The Sudanese toub is a traditional Sudanese women’s garment, word by women in Sudan, Mauritania and other African countries. They are worn at all occasions from work to funerals to weddings. It is similar to what...

The award-winning Sudanese film Goodbye Julia produced and directed by the award-winning Sudanese filmmaker Mohamed Kordofani is now available on Netflix MENA. Award-winning Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala, who is behind the award-winning feature film and...

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...

Saqi Books announces the release of the much-anticipated debut novel by prize-winning Sudanese author Reem Gaafar. A Mouth Full of Salt is set to be released on 9 April 2024. A Mouth Full of Salt follows three...