Arts and Culture

Mahmoud Muhammad Saber or Arka Saber, who was also known as the Beja Revolution Poet (BRP), was born in 1960 in a village in Hamashkorib District in Kassala State. As one of the citizens of eastern...

Salute Yal Bannot is an all-female Sudanese band, formed in February 2015 during the Yalla Khartoum workshop, which took place in the heart of Goethe-Institut Sudan. The band is a mix of seven vocalists and musicians...

Ever since things in Sudan changed after the glorious December revolution, the desire to make Sudan better rises coninuously. The initiative featured on this article is on that same motivated path. The Hub Sudan is an...

With the recent international success of You Will Die at Twenty and Talking About Trees, Sudanese films are receiving international recognition. Now comes A Handful of Dates, a short drama film adapted from the iconic 1957...

One of the highlights of 2020 in Sudan is the increasing number of international events which the country and its people are taking part in. Whether politically, ecologically, culturally or socially, Sudan is taking a remarkable...

When it comes to Sudan’s developing media industry, as well as its thriving music scene, a name that usually pops up is Ahmad Hikmat, popularly known as DJ Afrodiziac. The 33-year-old DJ wears many hats in...

Monsters, aliens, magical and mystical creatures, and cartoon or comic book characters come to life on film thanks to the art of special effects (SFX) makeup. However, beyond screens of films such as Dracula, Frankenstein, The...

The much-acclaimed Sudanese film, You Will Die at Twenty, by Sudanese director and screenwriter Amjad Abu Alala, has entered the 93rd Academy Awards (the Oscars) race for the first time as the country’s first Best International Feature Film...

Her face is bloody, bruised, and distorted. However, it’s not real. It’s just makeup – mind-boggling special effects makeup (SFX). In recent years, SFX makeup has become a well-admired and sought-after career and talent. This field...

The COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdowns that followed offered many people – fortunate enough – around the world an opportunity to stay home and stay safe. Social media feeds have been flooded with pictures of how...