Congratulations are in order to the winners of the #MADSolutions' official awards, which are worth $50,000 for marketing and distribution each, at the Cairo Film Connection Award Ceremony! 🎉

The first award went to Suzannah Mirghani(Suzannah Mirghani)'s in-development project COTTON QUEEN, which is the feature expansion of her #MADShort (MAD Shorts) Al-Sit. The film is produced by Caroline Daube and is a Sudanese-German co-production.

Mizna: The Black SWANA Issue, guest-edited by Safia Elhillo and produced by an all-Black takeover team, explores kaleidoscopic nature of the Black SWANA experience. Available for pre-order NOW just in time for last minute holiday gifts! mizna.org/product/pre-or…

@fahadalamoudi Lameese Badr A$AP Ro Atheel Elmalik k.eltinaé سماح | 🧚🏾‍♀️samah Shawn Frazier (SFWA Member) Marlin M. Jenkins Suzannah Mirghani @sihlexntuli Abu Bakr As-Siddique Sagirah Sadeeq @CharifShan ITSMEHOE @BaconTribe Qutoufy Visual art by the renowned #KamalaIbrahimIshag Safia Elhillo

Dr Howida Elhassan a member of Sudan’s Doctors for Human Right and Sudan Doctors union, calling for help!!! #sudan BBC News Africa BBC News عربي BBC News (World) Channel 4 News Robert Fairweather UK Mission Geneva 🇬🇧 UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission Sudan African Union UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission Sudan IOM Sudan 🇺🇳 Sara Ibrahim Abdelgalil اللجنة التمهيدية لنقـــابة أطبــاء الســـودان 𝓨𝓪𝓼𝓪𝓻 𝓗𝓪𝓶𝓶𝓸𝓻

Excerpt from Suzannah Mirghani's poem "Some Behavioral Characteristics of the Sudanese Honey Bee (Apis mellifera sudanensis)" featured in Mizna: Black SWANA Takeover. Suzannah Mirghani Order this special issue guest-edited by Safia Elhillo at mizna.org

🎥 As part of #LSEFestival, we'll screen three short films and explore how contemporary filmmakers from the #MiddleEast comment on their socio-political and environmental changes. Speakers: Amira Louadah, Suzannah Mirghani & chair Polly Withers – 12 June: lse.ac.uk/Events/LSE-Fes…

This year’s #CannesFilmFestival will showcase the first film from #Sudan ever in its official selection – Goodbye Julia. I speak to its director Mohamed Kordofani, plus fellow Sudanese filmmaker Suzannah Mirghani about the state of play for the Sudan and its film community

'Instead of the last nights of Ramadan being kept alive with prayers, the sky over Khartoum was lit with savage fire, smoke billowing at dawn.' Five #Sudanese writers featured in The Guardian today Reem M. Abbas Rania Mamoun|رانيا مأمون Fatin Abbas Suzannah Mirghani tinyurl.com/4n7pvbds

The guardian puts together an incredible ensemble of short writings on the war from women writers from #Sudan Reem #LeilaAboulela Rania Mamoun @fatinabbas Suzannah Mirghani

الليلة السودانية بفندق The Ned #Doha مزاد خيري يعود ريعه صالح السودان عن طريق مؤسسة التعليم فوق الجميع. الليلة بتنظيم الحوش غاليري و صندوق دعم الفنانيين السودانيين Sudanartistfund.com

Writer Tuga A Hafeez reviews the award-winning Sudanese short film, "Al-Sit". Movie Review: “Al-Sit” Challenges Tradition | By Tuga A Hafeez 500wordsmag.com/art-and-cultur…

Bowie, Beckett, and Being Rodney Sharkey. All brilliant. All bonkers. Out now. Bloomsbury Books UK Bloomsbury U.S. bloomsbury.com/uk/bowie-becke…

New from Bloomsbury Books UK and Rodney Sharkey: Bowie, Beckett, and Being bloomsbury.com/uk/bowie-becke…

View my work during the #VeniceBiennale ACP–Palazzo Franchetti (April 19-Nov 24, 2024). An exhibition by Doha Film Institute Qatar Museums Mathaf متحف showcasing films from the Arab world and the region. gulf-times.com/article/679280…

Beckett, Bowie, and Being Other by Rodney Sharkey sublationmedia.com/beckett-bowie-… Bowie, Beckett and Being: The Art of Alienation Bloomsbury Books UK

What a privilege to have the opportunity to watch these powerful short films from Palestine, Sudan, & Morrocco, & hear the directors in discuss their works, thanks to The Arab Film Club hosted by Southbank Centre as part of their You Belong Here festival. southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/festi…

One week since our screening for #RefugeeWeek at Southbank Centre in partnership with Counterpoint Arts. Thanks Suzannah Mirghani, Elias Suhail and Mohammed Al Mughanni for speaking on the panel hosted by Sarah Agha about your powerful, important films from Sudan, Morocco and Palestine

Out now! A bonus podcast - the audio from our panel discussion Southbank Centre at Refugee Week 🧡. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Podbean to hear the interview hosted by Sarah Agha with Suzannah Mirghani, Elias Suhail and Mohammed Al Mughanni. thearabfilmclub.podbean.com/e/home-qa-at-t…

#FiFellows Suzannah Mirghani (Sudan) and Yanis Koussim (Algeria) will premiere their Film Independent-supported films, 'Cotton Queen' and 'Roqia', at the 2025 Venice Film Festival’s Critics Week. Learn more: variety.com/2025/film/fest… Congrats Suzannah Mirghani and Yanis Koussim! 👏