Written for African Feminism with Omnia Shawkat Country-wide peaceful demonstrations against the regime in Sudan are in their second month, with over 50 people reported dead, dozens more maimed and wounded and hundreds detained by the regime. Sudan has been a country resisting the totalitarian rule of President Omar El Bashir for 3 decades now. After […]
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There is a lot going on in the land of the Nile these days: war drums in the east with Eritrea, 100% rise in the price of bread and electricity with subsequent protests, arrests and killings, and the usual diplomatic squabble with Egypt over something or another. And in the middle of this arises a
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Originally published in Teakisi Magazine Ask any Sudanese or any African person about leading Sudanese women figures of the 20th century, and among the first mentioned names will most certainly be Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim. Born in 1933 in Khartoum to an educated family, Fatima is known for organizing the first successful strike in a girls’ elementary
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Posted in ElleAfrique Magazine on 17th of June For centuries Sudanese women have been pushing the boundaries of the patriarchal society, excelling in fields almost always dominated by men despite the difficulties they face. We searched for the women making an impact today both nationally and internationally, in all different fields: health, environment, women’s rights, arts, filmmaking, political and
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Published in ElleAfrique Magazine Sudan has a long history of women in leading positions in the political as well as social arena. Ancient history speaks of queens reigning over kingdoms past, such as Nubia and Kush. Modern history celebrates the likes of Alazza Mohamed Abdallah, the first woman to lead a political rally in its
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Source: www.UNDP.org Originally published in ElleAfrique Magazine Female genital mutilation is one those terrifying realities that is still practiced openly today, mainly in Africa and parts of Asia, although globalization and massive migration has carried the practice to parts of Europe, Australia and the Americas. Its right up there with child brides and burying female
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Published originally in ElleAfrique Magazine Sudan is a melting pot of different nations, cultures and religions. There is no one ‘type’ of Sudanese, and no one can claim that the land belongs to them. Over the generations, there have been Nilotic Africans, Arabs, Turks, Moroccans, Egyptians, Greek, Coptic and others, so that Sudanese today are
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