In her Muslim hijab, with her down-turned gaze, Najwa is invisible to most eyes, especially to the rich London families whose houses she cleans. But twenty years earlier, it was a different story. Najwa was at university in Khartoum and, as an upper-class westernized Sudanese, and her dreams were to[...]

Lyrics Alley is the evocative story of an affluent Sudanese family shaken by the shifting powers in their country and the near-tragedy that threatens the legacy they've built for decades. In 1950's Sudan, the powerful Abuzeid dynasty has amassed a fortune through their trading firm. With Mahmoud Bey[...]

Sammar is a young Sudanese widow, working as an Arabic translator at a British university. Estranged from her son, she drifts, grieving and isolated. Life takes a positive turn when she finds herself falling in love with Rae, a Scottish academic. To Sammar, he seems to come from another world and an[...]

Kärlek x 21 samlar kvinnliga författare från den panafrikanska kontinenten, många av dem hör till världens främsta samtidsskildrare. Kärlek är den gemensamma nämnaren, men de ämnen som tas upp rör allt mellan födslosmärtor och begravningar, tonårsvåndor och ålderdomens krämpor, sam[...]