Sudanese Women Role Models – Sudanese Arabic Documentary Transcripts with English Notes

As-Sayyida Maryam Al-Mirghaniya 3/3

As-Sayyida Maryam Al-Mirghaniya 3/3 Above, screenshot from the final installment of arD as-Sumur’s celebration of the life of as-Sayyida Maryam al-Mirghaniya. Women devotees at her Howliya, the annual commemoration of a holy person’s death, holding up their lawH or boards used for memorizing sacred verse. Background to This Week’s Text This week’s post concludes ourContinue reading “As-Sayyida Maryam Al-Mirghaniya 3/3”

as-Sayyida Maryam ash-Sharifa (Maryam al-Mirghaniya) Part 2/3

as-Sayyida Maryam ash-Sharifa Part 2 Above, stills from this week’s episode from the ArD as-Sumur documentary on Maryam al-Mirghraniya and the eastern Sudanese city of Sinkat. See as-Sayyida Maryam ash-Sharifa (Maryam Al-Mirghaniyah), Part 1/4 for background to and an annotated transcription of the opening section of this film. Background to This Week’s Text This week’s text providesContinue reading “as-Sayyida Maryam ash-Sharifa (Maryam al-Mirghaniya) Part 2/3”

as-Sayyida Maryam ash-Sharifa (Maryam Al-Mirghaniyah), Part 1/3

as-Sayyida Maryam ash-Sharifa; Maryam Al-Mighraniyah Above, stills from al-arD as-sumr documentary, السيدة مريم الميرغنية | أرض السمر | الموسم الرابع | نبتة لللإنتاج الفني والإعلامي . Background to This Week’s Text This week’s text is the visually stunning, opening section of a 20-minute arD as-sumr documentary dedicated to the remarkable life of as-Sayyida Maryam al-Continue reading “as-Sayyida Maryam ash-Sharifa (Maryam Al-Mirghaniyah), Part 1/3”

Exodus; A Nuuar Media Series

Exodus; A Nuuar Media Series Testimonies of Sudanese Forced to Flee Background to This Week’s Text This 2.5-minute, fast, colloquial Sudanese text is a trailer for a NUUAR series of interviews with Sudanese who were forced to flee their homes when war broke out in Khartoum in April this year. We hear snippets of newsContinue reading “Exodus; A Nuuar Media Series”

Remembering a Pioneer of Fine Arts, Sittana Babekir Bedri

Remembering a Pioneer of Fine Arts, Sittana Babekir Bedri Title photo, Sittana Bedri in her youth and a stunning mural painted in tribute to her in 2018 by Assil Diab: See too https://www.instagram.com/sudalove/ Above, stills from the Blue Nile TV tribute featured in this week’s post. Background to This Week’s Text This week’s text isContinue reading “Remembering a Pioneer of Fine Arts, Sittana Babekir Bedri”

Sudan bids farewell to Shadin Gardood; Aljazeera and Al Arabiya tell her story

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The Designer of Sudan’s First Independence Flag – as-Sirarah Mekki aS-Sufi

The Designer of Sudan’s first independence Flag – as-Sirarah Mekki aS-Sufi Above, a still from the Sudania 24 TV report, showing as-Sirarah Mekki aS-Sufi as she recounts her story. Background to This Week’s Text This 7-minute interview with the remarkable late as-Sirarah Mekki aS-Sufi is a great way to mark Women’s History Month. We hearContinue reading “The Designer of Sudan’s First Independence Flag – as-Sirarah Mekki aS-Sufi”

Sara Gadalla Gubara (Sara Jadallah Jubara)

Sara Gaballa Gubara (Sara Jadallah Jubara) – A Sudanese Sports and Cinema Legend Background to This Week’s Text This week’s 6-minute NUUAR Media interview with the Sudanese film director and sporting legend, Sara Gadalla Gubara, allows us to step into the creative life and world view of a most remarkable woman. Sara Gadalla Gubara enjoysContinue reading “Sara Gadalla Gubara (Sara Jadallah Jubara)”