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Melhfa, also known as Toungou, Toub, Tassaghnist, Laffaya, or Dampé, is a traditional cloth commonly found across the Sahel and Sahara regions of Africa. The melhfa is a long rectangular cloth, typically measuring 4.5 meters by 1.6 meters, skillfully wrapped around the wearer's head and body.
Sudanese woman wearing a traditional thawb, 2009 In Sudan, the term tobe is used to refer to women's outer garments. [ 1 ] In her book Khartoum at night: Fashion and body politics in imperial Sudan , [ 17 ] cultural historian Marie Grace Brown explained: "Meaning “bolt of cloth,” a tobe is a rectangular length of fabric, generally two ...
Sudan's fashion industry is evolving, and there is a growing interest in supporting local designers. Sudanese designers are emerging with brands like Amna's Wardrobe, offering elegant and modest clothing for special occasions. [14] It is important to note that Sudan's fashion history is intertwined with its textile industry.
SudaneseOnline (Arabic: سودانيز أونلاين) is an online bilingual newspaper for people from Sudan and South Sudan, [1] based in Phoenix, Arizona, United States.The website was established in November 1999 by Bakri Abubakr, a Sudanese national residing in the US, with news and information about Sudan and South Sudan, and more than 500 archives in its library.
Rulers of Kush, 7th century BCE, Kerma museum Nubian pyramids of Meroe, 300 BCE to about 350 CE Sudanese jirtig ceremony as part of wedding celebrations The visual arts of Sudan encompass the historical and contemporary production of objects made by the inhabitants of today's Republic of the Sudan and specific to their respective cultures.
Similar to their neighbouring tribes, the mid-stream Manasir and the downstream Shaiqiyah (الشايقيّة), the Rubatab are an Arab tribe in the Northeastern Sudan, with an archaic Arabic mother tongue. Their tribal homeland traditionally stretches north of Berber, Sudan until the famed town of Abu Hamad.
Sudanese Arabs (Arabic: عرب سودانيون, romanized: ʿarab sūdāniyyūn) are the inhabitants of Sudan who identify as Arabs and speak Arabic as their mother tongue. [4] Sudanese Arabs make up 70% of the population of Sudan, [5] however prior to the independence of South Sudan in 2011, Sudanese Arabs made up only 40% of the population. [6]
This is a list of newspapers in Sudan. It comprises both daily newspapers as well as general news magazines , published both by Sudanese journalists working in Sudan and abroad, in print and/or online version.