The Sudan War series
In the new Sudan War series, a collaboration between SNAC, African Arguments – Debating Ideas, and CEDEJ Khartoum, Sudanese researchers highlight the consequences of the ongoing war. The main focus is on the challenges faced by Sudanese who have been displaced by the April war, and on how they rebuild their lives in exile.
Through a joint effort with African Arguments – Debating Ideas, and the Center for Economic, Legal, and Social Studies and Documentation - Khartoum (CEDEJ Khartoum), the SNAC project takes further steps to bring Sudanese perspectives to the forefront of public and scholarly debates about Sudan. In the newly established Sudan War series, Sudanese researchers, many of whom are themselves displaced, highlight the consequences of the ongoing war. They explore a number of topics, ranging from building a new sense of community, the role that solidarity plays in displacement, to entrepreneurship in exile, often drawing from their own experiences whilst writing through an analytical lens. They also offer their reflections on the future of Sudan.
The Sudan War series originates from several workshops organized by the SNAC project, gathering Sudanese and international scholars and activists. The blog posts will be made available on the SNAC project website as they are published and will also be distributed by African Arguments – Debating Ideas and CEDEJ Khartoum websites and social media.
The blog posts from this series lead up to a special issue on Sudan, focused on capital and displacement edited by Raga Makawi and Mari Norbakk. The special issue will be rather unique as all articles are authored by displaced scholars. The SNAC project has provided writing scholarships to all the Sudanese authors and editors.
The Sudan War series
From Struggle to Strategy: Lessons from Micro- and Small-Scale Manufacturers in Wartime Sudan
By Muzan AlNeel
Muzan AlNeel is a Sudanese writer and industrial policy researcher. She is the co-founder and managing director of ISTinaD research center which focuses on “Innovation, Science and Technology for People Centered Development” in Sudan, and a research fellow at the Transnational Institute.
Entrepreneurship as Resilience: Sudanese Women, Displacement, and the Remaking of Home in Exile
By Randa Hamza Ibrahim Gindeel and Ann Cathrin Corrales-Øverlid
Randa Hamza Ibrahim Gindeel is an Associate Professor of Sustainable Rural Development and the Deputy Vice President for Academic Affairs at Ahfad University for Women, Sudan. Gindeel has led various initiatives related to war, migration, and gender dynamics in Sudan and the MENA region, and has collaborated with international and local organizations.
Ann Cathrin Corrales-Øverlid is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Bergen, Norway. She specialises in the study of international migration.
An Economy of Pain: How Sudanese Are Building a House Away from Home
By Amar Jamal
Amar Jamal is Managing Editor of Atar Magazine and a former fellow at Africa is a Country.
Working from Homelessness: Informal Livelihoods of Displaced Women in Port Sudan
By Razaz Basheir
Razaz Basheir is a PhD candidate at the African Center for Cities-University of Cape Town and a researcher at ISTinaD center-Khartoum.
“Be My Guest”: Trust as Economic Capital in Sudanese Displacement | African Arguments
By Abdelmageed Yahya and Mari Norbakk
Abdelmageed Yahya is Associate Professor of Geography at Sudan Open University. His work combines academic and practitioner approaches, and he serves as trainer, facilitator and consultant with diverse national and international NGOs, UN agencies and other international institutions.
Mari Norbakk is a social anthropologist and a senior researcher at the Chr. Michelsen Institute in Norway. She is co-lead for the cluster on Migration under SNAC which is funded by the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Khartoum.
Navigating an Uncertain Environment: Survival Activities of Displaced Sudanese in Egypt
By Duaa Abuswar and Marie Bassi
Duaa Abuswar is a Khartoum University graduate in anthropology and sociology and an associate researcher at CEDEJ Khartoum.
Marie Bassi is the coordinator of the Center for Economic, Legal, and Social Studies and Documentation (CEDEJ) Khartoum, and an associate professor of political science at Côte d’Azur university in Nice, France.
Capital, Conflict, and the New Sudan: The Politics of Permanent Displacement
By Tahany Maalla
Tahany Maalla is a policy and governance specialist with expertise in political analysis, public sector reform, and digital government. She focuses on Sudan and the Horn of Africa.
Navigating Displacement: Sudanese Hustling in Cairo
By Mohamed Jamal
Mohamed Jamal is a young scholar and early career researcher. With a postgraduate background in development, his work focuses on the dynamics of political and social economy in Sudan.
Renegotiating Patriarchy: Women's Assets and Shifting Gender Roles During the Sudan War
By Hana Jafar
Hana Jafar is an MA Student in Cultural Anthropology at Cairo University and editor at Farida feminist magazine.
By Hana Jafar
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