Books
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‘There Will Be a Day’: An Upcoming Children’s Book About Grief, Faith, and Hope
May 1, 2025There Will Be a Day, an upcoming children’s book about loss, grief, faith and hope, by first-time Sudanese-American author Sara Gabralla, is set to be officially released on 6 May 2025. The book, written in English,... -
Reem Gaafar’s “A Mouth Full of Salt” Coming Out on 9 April
Mar 9, 2024Saqi 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... -
Zeinab Badawi Announces Publication of Her First Book “An African History of Africa”
Oct 31, 2023Sudanese-British television and radio journalist Zeinab Badawi has announced that her first book, An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Civilization to Independence, is set to be released on 18 April 2024. She revealed the... -
New Book “100 Sudanese Verbs for Beginners” is All You Need to Master Verbs in Sudanese Arabic
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... -
Ghost Season: A Debut Novel By Fatin Abbas
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... -
Award-winning Writer Leila Aboulela to Publish New Novel
Dec 27, 2022Award-winning Sudanese-Scottish writer Leila Aboulela is to publish a new novel, River Spirit, on 7 March 2023. The novel explores the imperialist history of Sudan during the Mahdist War in the 19th century. The US edition... -
New Book on Research in Nubian Archaeology
Aug 9, 2022Sudan, now split into the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan, boasts a rich cultural heritage that has in recent years become the increasing focus of an international community of archaeologists, anthropologists and... -
Dr Hassan Adrob Releases His Fourth Book
Jul 12, 2021Dr Hassan Adrob has released his fourth book, Beja Poetry – The Model of Arka Saber, which is now available on Amazon. In his new book, Adrob explores Beja poetry through the poetry of the late... -
A Crowdfunder to Publish Nubian Children’s Books
Jun 3, 2021A Kickstarter campaign, Read, Write, Count (Geri, Fai, Omir; ⲅⲉⲣⲓ, ⲫⲁ̄ⲓ̈, ⲟ̄ⲙⲓⲣ), has launched to publish four children’s books in Nubian, one of Africa’s oldest written languages, to promote and improve Nubian-language literacy. Taras Press along... -
It’s Time for Sudanese Literature to Believe in Sudan
Jul 16, 2020Hajja Waheeba, from Leila Aboulela’s Lyrics Alley, is a character well-known to anyone who has spent any time in Sudanese communities. A full-figured older woman, arms jangling with bangles, and cheeks marked with tribal scars, she is...