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The Realities of War Through the Eyes of Sudanese Artists
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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
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Videos
5 November 2024
Sudan Revolution
MADANIYA: A New Sudanese Documentary Reflecting on the December Revolution
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Thuraya Salih
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Jun 26, 2024
MADANIYA is a new feature documentary about the revolution in Sudan, which began on 19 December 2018 in response to hiking prices of bread and other essentials and continued throughout 2019, bringing crucial political changes to...
Three Years into the Sudanese Revolution: How has it Affected the People of Sudan
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Tony Malik
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Feb 17, 2022
It may seem like it was just yesterday when thousands to millions of people were gathering in large groups on the streets, protesting against the government’s injustice and coercion. A lot of time has passed since...
Interview with Abu’Obayda Mohamed (OXDA)
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Ola Diab
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Jan 20, 2022
Since the Sudanese revolution ignited in December 2018, a parallel art revolution was ignited as well. Sudanese artists from around the world took to Sudan’s streets as well as social media to artistically express the voices...
The Role of Arka Saber’s Songs in the Sudanese Revolution
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Dr Hassan Adrob
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Apr 8, 2021
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...
2020 Freedom Award Goes to SPA and the Organization of the December Revolution Martyrs’ Families
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500 Words Magazine
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Sep 23, 2020
On 16 September 2020, the Freedom House has awarded the 2020 Freedom Award to the Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA) and the Organization of the December Revolution Martyrs’ Families (ODRMF) for their work ushering a revolution in...
Film Review: Revolution from Afar
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Afnan Hassab
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Jul 16, 2020
In December 2018, out of frustration with unbearable living conditions in Sudan, people took to the streets to revolt in limb defiance of the then Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir’s authoritarian rule demanding change, freedom, peace,...
3 June Massacre One Year On: ‘Justice is Still Far Away’
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Moayad Mutwalli Dawoud
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Jun 10, 2020
A year has passed since the massacre of 3 June 2019 – the darkest day in Sudan’s modern history. More than 100 Sudanese were killed, hundreds wounded and many others are still missing. In December 2019,...
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...
A Letter of Solidarity and Resilience to Sudan’s Youth
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Azza Abdelmagid
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Aug 22, 2019
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...
A New Era in Sudan?
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Afnan Hassab
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Aug 18, 2019
After nearly nine months of anti-government protests which led to the ousting of two leaders, the Transitional Military Council (TMC) and the Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) held a formal ceremonial signing of the constitutional...
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