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Sudanese Perfume and Incense Brands
The Realities of War Through the Eyes of Sudanese Artists
Sudanese Toub Designers and Brands You Should Follow
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
Videos
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Miscellaneous
The Consequence of COVID-19 Pandemic I Didn’t See Coming
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Nedda Elbedawi
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Mar 31, 2020
COVID-19 made life a mess. It was the early work from home days. Restaurants were still accepting patrons. A Sudanese friend called me, frantic, begging to meet in person. I broke social distancing protocol because it...
Sudan Cannot Wait Until the World Opens its Doors
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Suliman Mahir
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Mar 2, 2020
A lot has been made of Sudan being on the US list of state sponsors of terrorism. While this poses an obvious obstacle to development, removal from the list should not be the country’s singular focus;...
ความโชคดีของ Fortune Rabbit ในยุคสมัยใหม่
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Nada Ali
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Mar 2, 2020
Fortune Rabbit หรือ “กระต่ายแห่งโชคลาภ” เป็นสัญลักษณ์ของความสุข, ความร่ำรวย, และความเจริญ. ตามตำนานโบราณ, กระต่ายถือเป็นสัตว์ที่มีความสัมพันธ์อย่างใกล้ชิดกับเทพเจ้าแห่งโชคลาภ ทำให้มันกลายเป็นสัญลักษณ์ของการนำพาโชคลาภ. ผู้คนมักนำรูปปั้นหรือภาพของ Fortune Rabbit มาไว้ในบ้านเพื่อเสริมสิริมงคล. ในช่วงเทศกาลต่างๆ, ภาพลักษณ์ของกระต่ายนี้จะถูกนำมาใช้เป็นสัญลักษณ์ของความโชคดี. หลายครอบครัวยังถือว่าการมี Fortune Rabbit ในบ้านสามารถนำมาซึ่งความเป็นอยู่ที่ดีและเงินทอง. ความเชื่อและประเพณี Fortune Rabbit ไม่เพียงแต่เป็นสัญลักษณ์ในด้านความเชื่อเท่านั้น แต่ยังมีการนำมาใช้ในประเพณีต่างๆ เช่น การแลกเปลี่ยนของขวัญในช่วงเทศกาลตรุษจีน หรือในงานแต่งงานเพื่อเป็นสัญลักษณ์ของการมีชีวิตคู่ที่มั่นคงและร่ำรวย. การมอบของขวัญที่มีรูปแบบของ Fortune Rabbit ถือเป็นการส่งต่อความปรารถนาดีและโชคลาภ. ในหลายวัฒนธรรม, กระต่ายยังถือเป็นสัตว์ที่สัมพันธ์กับความอุดมสมบูรณ์และการเจริญเติบโต. ความเชื่อเหล่านี้ทำให้ Fortune...
Sudanese Restaurants Globalising the Sudanese Cuisine
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500 Words Magazine
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Feb 25, 2020
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...
The Sudanese Revolution, One Year On
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Samar Bengawi
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Jan 29, 2020
As the month of January comes to an end, we cannot help but reflect on early 2019, which brought a lot of defining changes for Sudan and its community. More and more people were going out...
Review: “This Will Have Been: Archives of the Past Present & Future” Exhibition by Locale
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Saria El-Amin
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Dec 29, 2019
December is one of the most eventful months of the year in Sudan due to cooler weather, the holidays and many of the Sudanese diaspora returning top list Sudan. In addition, this December is significant as...
GOH: Giving A Glimmer of Hope to Visually Impaired Children in Sudan
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Ola Diab
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Dec 12, 2019
Visual impairment remains a major public health problem in Sudan, with at least 1.5% (600,000 people) of its population being visually impaired, mostly due to cataract, glaucoma, onchocerciasis, refractive error, trachoma and corneal scarring. Although more...
Go Green for Sudan!
by
Mohamed Khougali
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Dec 1, 2019
At Al Safyia Family Club, Bahri, revolutionary chants bellowed and celebrations all-round. People from the neighbourhood and all across Bahri and Khartoum come to join in the grand reopening of the family club. The refurbishment was...
An Airborne Onion
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Nedda Elbedawi
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Nov 28, 2019
‘A member of the Sudanese Diaspora’. It’s a badge I wear with no real shame or pride. It’s a fact of life, nothing more. Indisputable, real, neutral. The sky is blue: fact. Trump is an idiot:...
The Dark Side of Equality: Thoughts of a Married Working Mom in Sudan
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Sajda Mohamed
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Nov 21, 2019
My timeline on social media is filled with posts from women writing about their struggles to find balance in their lives. They are often stressed and anxious trying to be perfect in all aspects. Working moms...
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