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Khartoum's Women Street Vendor Cooperatives and the Politics of Care — Awadiya Mahmoud hands out free tea to protesters on May 3, 2019 in Khartoum, Sudan. Awadiya started selling tea in 1983 and by 2013 she had organized numerous community groups for tea sellers and a union to organize them. David Degner/Getty Images.

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Khartoum's Women Street Vendor Cooperatives and the Politics of Care

The everyday activism of Sudan's women-led worker cooperatives.

Nada Ali • 9 min read

Sustaining Sudan’s Revolution–A Conversation with Rabab Elnaiem — Sudanese protesters traveling from the city of Atbara chanted “freedom, peace, justice” upon arriving at the Bahari station in Khartoum on April 23, 2019. Ozan Kose/AFP via Getty Images.

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Sustaining Sudan’s Revolution–A Conversation with Rabab Elnaiem

Reflecting on popular uprising, war and the need for a political labor movement.

Rabab Elnaiem, Marya Hannun • 13 min read

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Issue 310 (Spring 2024) Masthead

Middle East Report, “The Struggle for Sudan,” Spring 2024, No. 310, Vol. 53 No. 1 Executive Director James Ryan jamesryan@merip.org Executive Editor Katie Natanel katienatanel@merip.org Managing Editor Marya Hannun maryahannun@merip.org Photo Editor Michelle Woodward mwoodward@merip.org Staff Editors Alyssa Bivins bivins@gwu.edu

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A Note on the Cover Image — A drawing by Sudanese artist Galal Yousif to raise awareness about the war in Sudan. The Forgotten Crisis series, 2024, ink on paper.

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A Note on the Cover Image

The cover image for MER issue 310 features an ink on paper drawing from Galal Yousif’s “Forgotten Crisis Series 2024.” Galal Yousif is a Sudanese artist who lived and worked in Khartoum until June 2023 when, like many others, he was forced to flee. As of the date of

(Author not identified) • 2 min read

Land, Livestock and Darfur’s 'Culture Wars' — Sudanese who had been forced off of their land in Darfur and were living on the outskirts of El Fasher in Abu Shuk Camp begin farming again, 2007. Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images.

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Land, Livestock and Darfur’s 'Culture Wars'

How austerity politics and the changing environment have fueled war in Sudan.

Edward Thomas • 12 min read

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Michael Tanzer

TRIBUTE: MICHAEL TANZER (July 1935 – January 2024) Mike Tanzer, writer, scholar and activist intellectual, was a great friend of MERIP’s from its early days. He was always generous to and supportive of the publication as a donor and occasional contributor to our pages. Sometimes his support took the most

Joe Stork, James Paul • 1 min read

'Dream, My Grandchild'—An Interview with Sara Abu Ghazal — The cover of Dream, My Grandchild by Sara Abu Ghazal.

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'Dream, My Grandchild'—An Interview with Sara Abu Ghazal

[su_dropcap style="simple" size="4"]I[/su_dropcap]n September of 2023, Roba AlSalibi interviewed Sara Abu Ghazal, a Palestinian writer and feminist activist about her Arabic short story collection, Dream, My Grandchild. The book uses multiple voices to chronicle the story of the Abu

Roba AlSalibi, Sara Abu Ghazal • 7 min read

Urban Planning and the Struggle Against Israel's Spatial Domination — A view of Wadi Ara in 2020. Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty ImagesRegional map of Nahariya, Acre Sub-District, Palestine, indicating present and planned land use; Survey of Palestine, 1941. Revised in 1942 to include new second-class roads (in blue, see legend) bypassing previous route through Palestinian villages. Map also includes Palestinian villages that were later depopulated (e.g., Ghabsiyye, Um Al Faraj, Kueikat, En Nahr and Al Kabri). [To view details, see the map’s Wikipedia page.] The Eran Laor Cartographic Collection, National Library of Israel.

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Urban Planning and the Struggle Against Israel's Spatial Domination

Located in Wadi Ara within the Green Line, Kufr Qara is a Palestinian town of 20,000 residents. Before the Nakba, its land spanned 28,000 dunums (roughly 7,000 acres), but today, Israel has left it with less than 8,000 dunums (fewer than 2,000 acres). The town

Lama Shehadeh • 12 min read