Food

When comes to Sudanese and South Sudanese cuisines, there is much to explore and experience with their various unique spices, flavours and smells. With certain dishes, you’ll truly put your taste buds – as well as...

A day before the first day of the holy month of Ramadan, many Sudanese gather for Kham Al Ramad, a festive celebration to welcome Ramadan with entertainment and recreation. It also carries a negative connotation as...

One of the most popular pastimes in Sudan is to dine out. With the lack of nightlife or leisure activities in Sudan, many people tend spend their free time, especially on evenings and weekends, at restaurants and...

Hibiscus is a flowering plant native to subtropical and tropical regions, and one of the traditional Sudanese products. It’s glamorous red colour is used for decoration in many Sudanese houses. It has a pungent flavour and sweet...

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...

Food is a life necessity, and what we consume is intricately intertwined with our culture. It’s a universal language that allows us to convey our environments and history and share our mutual culinary experiences. Without it,...

The Sudanese cuisine is probably one of the most unknown and unfamiliar cuisines around the world – overlooked due to the popularity of other African cuisines from neighbouring countries such as Ethiopia, Egypt and Morocco. Sudanese...

In the midst of the ongoing Sudan protests, Sudan witnesses the opening of the first Pizza Hut and first American restaurant chain on Al Mashtal Street in Riyadh, Khartoum on Friday, 1 March 2019. The international...

While strolling down Khartoum’s Souq Al Arabi at night, you cannot miss the smoke trailing in the gaps between the crowds. And as your eyes follow the smoke, your nose is drawn in by the distinctive...

‘Food is everything we are. It’s an extension of nationalist feeling, ethnic feeling, your personal history, your province, your region, your tribe, your grandma. It’s inseparable from those from the get-go,’ said the late American celebrity...