Cultural books from Sudan
Recommended cultural books (4)
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If you are into cultural here are some cultural books from Sudan for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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Ghost Season : A Novel by Fatin Abbas EN
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A dynamic, beautifully orchestrated debut novel connecting five characters caught in the crosshairs of conflict on the Sudanese border. A mysterious burnt corpse appears one morning in Saraaya, a remote border town between northern and southern Sudan. For five strangers on an NGO compound, the discovery foreshadows trouble to come. South Sudanese translator William connects the corpse to the sudden disappearance of cook Layla, a northern nomad with whom he’s fallen in love. Meanwhile, Sudanese American filmmaker Dena struggles to connect to her unfamiliar homeland, and white midwestern aid wor... continue
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Shackled : One Woman's Dramatic Triumph Over Persecution, Gender Abuse, and a Death Sentence by Mariam Ibraheem, Eugene Bach EN
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Sentenced to Death for Her Beliefs Mariam Ibraheem was finally rising above her difficult childhood and building a new life for herself. Born to a Muslim father and an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian mother, she grew up in poverty in a refugee camp in Sudan. Her father left the family when she was only six, and her mother raised her in the Christian faith. Left without family after the deaths of her beloved mother and sister, she was beginning to move past her grief--earning a medical degree, marrying the man she loved, and having a baby boy. But one day in late 2013, her world was shattered when... continue
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Veertig zweepslagen by Lubna Ahmad-al Hussein NL
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Op 3 juli 2009 zat Lubna Ahmad Al-Hussein met vrienden in een groot restaurant in Khartoum. Plotseling viel de politie binnen en arresteerde haar en nog elf andere vrouwen wegens hun `onfatsoenlijke kledij : onder hun traditionele tuniek en sluier droegen ze een `sarwal , een soort broek die door de politie als verboden wordt beschouwd. Ze werd veroordeeld tot veertig zweepslagen. Lubna was niet de enige die dit overkwam: in Sudan worden hiervoor jaarlijks meer dan 40.000 vrouwen gearresteerd. Lubna besloot haar veroordeling wereldkundig te maken en het vonnis uit alle macht aan te vechten. Ze... continue
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Zeit der Nordwanderung by Tajjib Salich DE
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Tajjib Salichs erster Roman machte ihn über Nacht berühmt und das Buch wurde zum Kultbuch der arabischen Intellektuellen.