{"id":179042,"date":"2017-01-08T09:17:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-08T09:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/sudan-s-writers-union-celebrates-return-with-cultural-festival\/"},"modified":"2017-01-08T09:17:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-08T09:17:00","slug":"sudan-s-writers-union-celebrates-return-with-cultural-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/sudan-s-writers-union-celebrates-return-with-cultural-festival","title":{"rendered":"Sudanese Writers Union celebrates return with cultural festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

After two years of forced inactivity, the Sudanese Writers Union (SWU) launched a cultural festival in Khartoum on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In January 2015<\/a>, the Sudanese Ministry of Culture revoked the license of the Union, reportedly in a series of steps by the authorities to close cultural centres in the country. Late last year<\/a>, an administrative court of appeal in Khartoum annulled the Ministry’s decision, and ordered the security apparatus to return the Union’s property.<\/p>\n

SWU Secretary-General Osman Shenger told Radio Dabanga that they decided to celebrate the return of the Union with a large cultural festival. “The festival contains a book fair and an art gallery. Seminars on African and Arabic literature and a drawing workshop will be held. Writer and journalist Feisal Mohamed Saleh will coordinate a seminar on the Arabic novel.<\/p>\n

“Two classical Sudanese films will be shown by the Sudanese Movie Group. “This will be followed by the presentation of a book on the late poet Mohamed Muftah El Fetouri, written by Moufi Yousef.”<\/p>\n

Shenger further said that the festival will conclude with a concert, “with famous singers as Abdelgader Salem, Omar Ihsas, Amer El Johari, Abdelkhalig Mohamed Omar and Yasir Mabyou, and an exhibition of portrait painter Mohamed Hamza who currently lives abroad”.<\/p>\n