Nine vibrant, world-stitching (and un-stitching) short stories by Sudanese and South Sudanese women in English translation.
Read moreSudan Says Farewell to Two Greats: Poet Mohammed Taha al-Gaddal and Short-story Writer Eisa Al-Hilo
Last week Sudan bid farewell to two of its most iconic figures: poet Mohammed Taha Al-Gaddal and novelist, short-story writer, and critic Eisa Al-Hilo. Both have helped shape Sudan’s literary scene over the past five decades.
Read moreThe Poetry of Sudanese Band Iged al-Jalad: ‘Offering the Starving a Bite’
“When it turns to a blaze, / Nura turns to a breeze; / making the rounds, / offering the starving a bite, / the thirsty a sip[.]”
Read more‘Eddo’s Souls’: A Novel of Motherhood and Fragmentation in Sudan and South Sudan
“The novel begins across a rural context, in a small impoverished village full of mystery, rituals, and superstition, and it ends in a jam-packed city with all its complications.”
Read moreOn Sudanese Playwright-Poet Adil Ibrahim Muhammed Khair
Khair’s shows make the slow-paced town and the dilapidated, decayed and history-laden theatre building pulse with energy and life, pumping lifeblood into the underfunded and cash-starved local performance arts.
Read moreRemembering Muhammad Wardi: Censored, Banned, and Beloved
For that reason, Wardi’s words have been at the forefront of the current Sudanese revolution. He’s recalled as a strong example of a great artist who proved strong and steadfast in opinions, words, and actions. His revolutionary-themed pieces, which document crucial chapters of Sudanese history, have been used as rallies’ chants and played on the sit-in site loudspeakers.
Read moreThe Drip of Nectar: Poetry by Sudanese Icon Mohammed El-Makki Ibrahim
They seem to identify with the enlightening and inspirational poems to such a degree that these poems keep resonating down generations, stirring up the bittersweet, bringing them to their feet and to tears.
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On Gender Stereotypes in Sudanese Fiction
“Malkat Addar Mohammad’s الفراغالعريض (The Wide Void) was the first novel by a Sudanese woman that was published in Arabic. Written in the early 1950s, it was only published in 1972.”
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Kamal Al-Jizouli and Sudanese Sound Poetry
“A poem brims first with a forceful downpour, followed by soft, tamed sounds, resembling Khartoum’s twin-Nile miracle where the thundering roar of the Blue Nile meets the sleepy sigh of the White.”
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