Through the Slit
Very colorful, peaceful Mawlud celebrations in the oldest part of the city in Omdurman, Khartoum where men gather together to commemorate the birth of the Prophet.

Nebila Abdulmelik was born and bred in Addis Ababa. She is a pan-Africanist and feminist storyteller who uses the creative arts to speak and archive stories of daily existence. Abdulmelik is also a widely travelled photographer, poet, writer and editor. Abdulmelik has an MA in African Studies, with a gender and development emphasis from the […]
Read moreVery colorful, peaceful Mawlud celebrations in the oldest part of the city in Omdurman, Khartoum where men gather together to commemorate the birth of the Prophet.