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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
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21 December 2024
Photography
‘Modern Sudan’ Photography Competition Launched
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500 Words Magazine
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Mar 31, 2022
Sudan Architecture Forum, in partnership with Docomomo Sudan and Sudan Artists Fund, opens submissions for ‘ Modern Sudan’, an annual competition dedicated to portraying modern Sudanese architecture. Participants are invited to submit a photograph, or as...
‘Sudan Protests’: Regional Winner of the 2022 World Press Photo Contest
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500 Words Magazine
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Mar 27, 2022
‘Sudan Protests’ a picture by Sudanese photographer Faiz Abubakr Mohamed has been named a regional winner of the 2022 World Press Photo Contest. A protester throws back a tear-gas canister that had been fired by security forces,...
Introducing Food Stylist Thuraya Mahmoud
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Ola Diab
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Oct 25, 2020
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...
Mohamed AlToum: The Photographer with the Dashing Smile
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Omnia Shawkat
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Apr 7, 2013
Omnia Shawkat had the chance to interview photographer Mohamed AlToum, to know more about his passion for photography....
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Photography | We Choose Peace
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Brian Sokol
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Jul 10, 2012
We see the launch of We Choose Peace campaign on July 9th 2012, to mark the anniversary of South Sudanese independence, through the lens of Brian Sokol....
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Photography | Sudan Flavor
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Raian Gibrel
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Jun 9, 2012
Click on the image to enlarge *Raian Gibrel is a Sudanese dentist and photographer based in London, UK. She likes to practice street and journal photography, which enlighten her to spot on social and cultural...
Photography | Sudanese Nature
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Merghani Izzeldin
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Jun 2, 2012
*Merghani Izzeldin is an I.T. security specialist and a freelance photographer based in Khartoum, he is also one of the founding members of the Sudanese Photographers Group...
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