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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
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Videos
21 November 2024
Sudan War
Finding Home in the Midst of War
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Lamia Abdallah
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Aug 18, 2024
On the evening of 29 June 2024, yet another Sudanese city became a war zone. Sinjah, the capital of Sennar, located approximately 350 km southeast of Khartoum, faced the horrors of war. Approximately 55,400 people had...
Sudan’s Road to Famine
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Lamia Abdallah
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Jun 20, 2024
It has been almost 14 months – 420 days – since the war started in Sudan. The country is experiencing one of the worst humanitarian crises the world has ever seen, according to the United Nations...
Sudanese ‘Azaa and the Normalisation of Death
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Lamia Abdallah
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May 12, 2024
One of the best things in Sudanese culture is the support the community offers in death, especially during funerals or ‘azaa as it is known in Sudan. As soon as the news of a person’s death...
Once Upon A War
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Lamia Abdallah
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Apr 14, 2024
At six or seven years of age, I used to sneak behind my mother’s back, but unlike other children instead of sneaking out to play, or to try and get away with a few more sweets,...
Palestinian-Sudanese Voices of War: Witnessing War in Sudan and Palestine
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Ola Diab
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Nov 2, 2023
Recently, major armed conflicts and war have been taking place around the world from Europe to Africa to the Middle East, shaking up the world we live in today. Just as the world began to pull...
UNICEF: Sudan Records Largest Child Displacement in World
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500 Words Magazine
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Oct 30, 2023
On 29 October 2023, UNICEF Sudan announced that Sudan now records the largest child displacement in world with 3 million children forcibly displaced due to the ongoing war in Sudan. #Sudan records largest child displacement in...
Singer Kehlani Sheds Light on War in Sudan
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500 Words Magazine
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Oct 26, 2023
American singer and songwriter Kehlani has began to shed light on the ongoing war in Sudan on her Instagram story on 25 October 2023. The 28-year-old R&B singer has shared social media posts by Australian-Sudanese author...
Rapper Bas Releases Music Video for New Song “Khartoum” Featuring Adekunle Gold
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500 Words Magazine
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Oct 25, 2023
Sudanese-American rapper Bas has released his new song “Khartoum” ft Nigerian singer-songwriter Adekunle Gold with a music video on 24 October 2023. I look forward to these days again. 🇸🇩 KHARTOUM ft @adekunleGOLD Out now @Dreamville...
Lives of Migrants: The Aftermath of War, Forced Migration And Resettlement
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Tuga A Hafeez
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Oct 12, 2023
As war in Sudan continues to unfold between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), millions of people continue to flee the country. According to the UN, more than 7 million...
Singer Shaden Gardood and Actress Asia Abdelmajid Victims of Sudan’s Brutal War
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500 Words Magazine
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May 16, 2023
Shaden Gardood, a well-known Sudanese singer, has been killed in crossfire between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Omdurman on 13 May 2023. She was 37 years old. A mortar hit...
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