Miscellaneous

‘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:...

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...

For decades, universities and the general education system in Sudan has been affected by Sudan’s political climate. Politics founds its way inside the walls of every Sudanese university or educational institution. On a daily basis, many...

It’s been four months since the massacre and ‘Where were you 3 June?’ is still one of the most asked questions when talking about the Sudanese revolution. It is our September 11. For those who did...

I was 11 years old the first time I visited Sudan in 2001. The country was radically different from the nation we see today. Political and racial turmoil did not conceive South Sudan. The late South...

It has been eight months since the Sudanese revolution began. It’s been months full of ups and downs, and positives and negatives. Feelings of excitement, power and hopefulness met with depression, desperation and helplessness. It has...

On this day last month, Sudan witnessed a deadly attack on peaceful protesters when Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and other paramilitary forces raided the monthslong mass sit-in in Al Qeyada in front of the headquarters of...

Between 24 and 27 May 2019, General Abdel Fattah Al Burhan, the current head of the Transitional Military Council (TMC) and Deputy Head General Mohamed Hamdan (Hemedti) made a series of visits to neighbouring Egypt, the Kingdom...

As May arrived, carrying in its winds the smell of Abrai and voices of Imaams praying taraweeh, marking the arrival of the holy month of Ramadan, the protesters welcome and are eager to greet May and...

The Sudanese uprising begin on 19 December 2018 and continues to this day. The protests began in smaller numbers in cities outside the capital and found their way in larger numbers in Khartoum and across the...