Old Photos of lovely Sudan

Thank you to Old Sudanese Photos on Facebook for providing us witb such extraordinary information on a country that most people know nothing about. I use all of my photos from their group as the information is accurate.

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Otaybi's Art Exhibition in Khartoum

Another art related activity took place in Khartoum, Sudan but this time it's an exhibition by my favourite Sudanese contemporary artist Mr. Otaybi.

Mohamed AbdAlla Otaybi was born in 1948 and he is one of the well known contemporary artists in Sudan. He had exhibitions in different parts of the world and was awarded a couple of awards in Kuwait and The Emirates. On top of his art work, he participated in the making of 2 children story books where he did all its illustration. "Sudanese Singers" and "Fatima Sugarcane" were in both Arabic and French.

His use of bright strong colours is superb and what makes his art work stand out is the outlining around his shapes and figures. Personally, I prefer his coloured pieces over the black and white ones.

The art exhibition will be till February 2nd at French Institute on Ali Dinar Street.

Sudan Independent Film Festival

Yesterday was the opening ceremony of the first Sudan Independent Film Festival in Khartoum, Sudan organized by the Goethe Institute.

Sadly, I wasn't able to attend the ceremony due to work commitments.  The ceremony was flawless and numerous people attended it. It took place at Khartoum International Community School.

The festival will be playing independent movies locally produce, directed and finished from different countries for about 6 days; from January 21 to 27 of 2014.

These are photos of the French Institute in Khartoum where I attended the Spirit Boy the Kenyan entry at the festival.
I also included a photo of the festival's schedule to all the Arabic readers out there.

Khartoum Tea Ladies

If you have been to Khartoum, you will come across many ladies in street with dinky stalls selling tea throughout the day and night.

Tea Ladies or Sittat AlShaay are one of the main sights of Khartoum City. They sell hot drinks some are more creative than others and will go as far as selling cappuccino or lattes but mostly they'll sell the ordinary hot drinks; tea, coffee, tea with milk, coffee with milk and all the herbal teas.

If you catch them early enough, some will even sell fried local sweets similar to doughnuts that you only have with tea for breakfast. 

Another thing you need to be aware of is what they call their drinks. They are extremely creative in naming things for example coffee is "Jabana", coffee with milk is "Faransy" which means french (my favourite drink ever).

If you're visiting, tea ladies are a must try. They are extremely friendly and their drinks are great.

Old Photos of Sudan

These are some of the photos I shared on my radio show The Lounge on Capital 91.6FM. They are photos of Sudan since the 1880s till independence in 1956. 

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