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Raga Makawi

Raga Makawi is a Sudanese editor and researcher studying the intersections of revolution, materiality and identity in post Bashir Sudan.

‘Real Revolutionaries Don’t Punch Down’—Remembering Muzan Alneel — Muzan Alneel speaking to a women’s protest sit-in at Al Joda, Khartoum, on July 6, 2022. (Photographer unknown, image has circulated on mulitiple Facebook accounts.)

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‘Real Revolutionaries Don’t Punch Down’—Remembering Muzan Alneel

Walaa Salah, Rania Aziz, Raga Makawi • 5 min read

Shifting Feminist Narratives in Sudan—A Conversation with Raga Makawi — Women hold a banner reading in Arabic “Sudanese Feminist Union—No to war, we will not be ruled by a partnership of blood,” in Khartoum on December 19, 2022, protesting the agreement signed by military and civilian leaders, which critics dismissed as vague. (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

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Shifting Feminist Narratives in Sudan—A Conversation with Raga Makawi

Women and the gender dynamics behind Sudan's revolution and war.

Raga Makawi, Marya Hannun • 15 min read