Sudan is shaped by many cultures, reli­gions, languages, and stories yet – it is often forced into a single, linear narra­tive. Through fiction, personal memories, archival fragments, and visual story­telling, “Sudan Retold - Edition 1 1⁄2” aims to question this narrative. The antho­logy is edited by Khalid Albaih, Larissa-Diana Fuhrmann, and Suzi Mirghani.

“Sudan Retold Edition 1½” is part of a series of publi­cations, research initiatives, and artistic pro­jects that was launched more than ten years ago. The anthology, which fol­lows the 2019 volume “Sudan Retold”, brings together contri­butions by artists, writers, curators, and cultural practi­tioners. The contribu­tors aim to help create a multi-layered, pluralistic under­standing of Sudan. To this end, they examine Sudan's tangi­ble and intangible cultural heritage, record what has been lost, highlight what still exists, and actively support further artistic creation and know­ledge produc­tion.

The contri­butions and accompany­ing exhibitions for the publi­cation are primarily based on personal archives, oral tradi­tions, and forgotten ob­jects. On Sep­tember 19, 2025, the book was pre­sented and accom­panied by an art exhibition at the “Seeing Sudan Hiwaraat Conference” at George­town Uni­versity in Doha, Qatar. 

On October 14, 2025, the antho­logy will also be pre­sented at the Almas Art Foun­dation in London, UK, with an accompany­ing exhibition running until mid-December.

Co-editor Larissa­-Diana Fuhrmann is conduc­ting research on theo­retical and artistic explo­rations of political violence in Sudan at PRIF in the Project Conflict and Art: The Transformative Potential of Aesthetic Practices in the Research Department Glocal Junctions. Since spring, she has been part of the re­search initiative “(Re)­Collecting Sudan: Art and Cul­ture Archives” in Doha, which is linked to the “Seing Sudan Hiwaraat Con­ference.”