Ann El Safi

Mar 21, 2023 | wordswithoutborders.org | Sawad Hussain |Rania Mamoun |Zeinab Belail |Ann El Safi

December 2020 Image: Yasmeen Abdullah, “The Butterfly Effect.” By arrangement with the artist. Image: Yasmeen Abdullah, “The Butterfly Effect.” By arrangement with the artist. Only a small percentage of the literature published in Sudan is written by women, and even less finds its way into English. This month we’re taking a step toward addressing that imbalance by presenting excerpts from five novels by female Sudanese writers.