{"id":3027,"date":"2021-12-08T13:27:15","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T13:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.munkhafadat.net\/?p=3027"},"modified":"2021-12-08T14:02:52","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T14:02:52","slug":"can-artistic-freedom-survive-in-sudan-the-writings-on-the-wal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.munkhafadat.net\/index.php\/2021\/12\/08\/can-artistic-freedom-survive-in-sudan-the-writings-on-the-wal\/","title":{"rendered":"Can artistic freedom survive in Sudan? The writing\u2019s on the wal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dcr-1nupfq9\" data-gu-name=\"headline\">\n<div class=\"dcr-krkkhw\">\n<div class=\"dcr-13a2edo\">\n<p class=\"dcr-29zico\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The recent coup dashed hopes raised by the end of the military regime but newly liberated artists refuse to submit quietly<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-pn0kqp\" data-gu-name=\"media\">\n<div class=\"dcr-krkkhw\">\n<div class=\"dcr-16n5mgq\">\n<figure id=\"845fb9af-ba4f-475b-a508-425c526d639d\" class=\"dcr-13udsys\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1b267dg\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/46d9a35ec27772dcca7c3de9dd30a9d3188b90d2\/0_300_5760_3456\/master\/5760.jpg?width=620&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=2872da7e3422928b2fba93eeb5b7293d 1240w\" media=\"(min-width: 980px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 980px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/46d9a35ec27772dcca7c3de9dd30a9d3188b90d2\/0_300_5760_3456\/master\/5760.jpg?width=620&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=650d726c8acd542ebde5b656cad7dcda 620w\" media=\"(min-width: 980px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/46d9a35ec27772dcca7c3de9dd30a9d3188b90d2\/0_300_5760_3456\/master\/5760.jpg?width=700&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=5742c0086efd35dbbd72f564d8600a51 1400w\" media=\"(min-width: 740px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 740px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/46d9a35ec27772dcca7c3de9dd30a9d3188b90d2\/0_300_5760_3456\/master\/5760.jpg?width=700&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=acdf1fb38378cbe0ede548eca022f1c4 700w\" media=\"(min-width: 740px)\" \/><source 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srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/46d9a35ec27772dcca7c3de9dd30a9d3188b90d2\/0_300_5760_3456\/master\/5760.jpg?width=465&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=feda7a094da818c72c27885a2a6749cd 930w\" media=\"(min-width: 320px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 320px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/46d9a35ec27772dcca7c3de9dd30a9d3188b90d2\/0_300_5760_3456\/master\/5760.jpg?width=465&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=f17e1f505954de27c23ba4fd14a718ff 465w\" media=\"(min-width: 320px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/46d9a35ec27772dcca7c3de9dd30a9d3188b90d2\/0_300_5760_3456\/master\/5760.jpg?width=465&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=feda7a094da818c72c27885a2a6749cd 930w\" media=\"(min-width: 0px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 0px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/46d9a35ec27772dcca7c3de9dd30a9d3188b90d2\/0_300_5760_3456\/master\/5760.jpg?width=465&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=f17e1f505954de27c23ba4fd14a718ff 465w\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"dcr-1989ovb\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/46d9a35ec27772dcca7c3de9dd30a9d3188b90d2\/0_300_5760_3456\/master\/5760.jpg?width=465&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=feda7a094da818c72c27885a2a6749cd\" alt=\"Young Sudanese paint elaborate graffiti on a wall in the Khartoum neighbourhood of Arkawit last year.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1200\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"dcr-w6u133\"><span class=\"dcr-19x4pdv\">Young Sudanese paint murals on a wall in the Khartoum neighbourhood of Arkawit last year.\u00a0<\/span>Photograph: Ashraf Shazly\/AFP\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-1o781fl\" data-gu-name=\"lines\">\n<div class=\"dcr-krkkhw\">\n<div class=\"dcr-ss9mnu\">\n<div class=\"dcr-8noexd\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"dcr-1aul2ye\" data-gu-name=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"dcr-krkkhw\">\n<div class=\" dcr-ss9mnu\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1eucl2a\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1yaiq4p\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1o6pwbf\">Global development is supported by<\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-7jgdr6\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gatesfoundation.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-sponsor=\"bill and melinda gates foundation\" aria-label=\"Visit the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation website\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.theguardian.com\/commercial\/sponsor\/global-development\/global-development\/logo.png\" alt=\"Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"dcr-34av2h\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2010\/sep\/14\/about-this-site\">About this content<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-fj5ypv\">\n<div>\n<address aria-label=\"Contributor info\" data-component=\"meta-byline\" data-link-name=\"byline\">\n<div class=\" dcr-1mp5s8u\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/profile\/lizzydavies\" rel=\"author\" data-link-name=\"auto tag link\">Lizzy Davies<\/a><\/div>\n<\/address>\n<div class=\"dcr-km9fgb\">Mon 6 Dec 2021 07.00 GMT<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-15yir0q\" data-print-layout=\"hide\">\n<div class=\"dcr-woi6b2\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1ozgk8l\">\n<div id=\"comment-count-root\" class=\"meta-number\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"dcr-185kcx9\" data-gu-name=\"body\">\n<div class=\"dcr-klxumw\">\n<div id=\"maincontent\" class=\"dcr-j7ihvk\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div class=\"article-body-commercial-selector article-body-viewer-selector dcr-ucgxn1\">\n<p class=\"dcr-o5gy41\"><span class=\"dcr-114to15\"><span class=\"dcr-1jnp7wy\">I<\/span><\/span><span class=\"dcr-o5gy41\">n the new dawn of a heady post-revolutionary era, Suzannah Mirghani returned in 2019 to the country of her birth for the first time in years. Her mission was to shoot a short film on Sudanese soil. It proved unexpectedly straightforward.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-o5gy41\">\u201cWhen the revolution happened, there was this exuberance,\u201d she says, from her Qatari home. \u201cWhen we came to make our film, we were given the green light. We were told: \u2018Anything you want\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-o5gy41\">\u201cNobody harassed us. Nobody told us what to do. Nobody asked us for the script. I call this time in the history of Sudan \u2018the honeymoon\u2019,\u201d says Mirghani.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"5c473d2d-0df6-4da5-9d9a-2e7da9bef42c\" class=\" dcr-1sioudk\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1b267dg\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ab31c799168ac60c5fd8fe6aa611f67b5a8c8a5c\/0_0_3000_2090\/master\/3000.jpg?width=380&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=e99965ae105e2e7b87429bb99eab833c 760w\" media=\"(min-width: 1300px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 1300px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ab31c799168ac60c5fd8fe6aa611f67b5a8c8a5c\/0_0_3000_2090\/master\/3000.jpg?width=380&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=84d49475cc055b217b12cc29f122ce39 380w\" media=\"(min-width: 1300px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ab31c799168ac60c5fd8fe6aa611f67b5a8c8a5c\/0_0_3000_2090\/master\/3000.jpg?width=300&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=05e051ff7fa3f9d6eff7ce86cc170020 600w\" media=\"(min-width: 740px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 740px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ab31c799168ac60c5fd8fe6aa611f67b5a8c8a5c\/0_0_3000_2090\/master\/3000.jpg?width=300&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=28c4f1a5608bf812dd67d0e710aecd85 300w\" media=\"(min-width: 740px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ab31c799168ac60c5fd8fe6aa611f67b5a8c8a5c\/0_0_3000_2090\/master\/3000.jpg?width=620&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=34c9618257ae0d8a1dbe8791bd2297d2 1240w\" media=\"(min-width: 660px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 660px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ab31c799168ac60c5fd8fe6aa611f67b5a8c8a5c\/0_0_3000_2090\/master\/3000.jpg?width=620&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=15103b6fbc174e7340e3665754166f79 620w\" media=\"(min-width: 660px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ab31c799168ac60c5fd8fe6aa611f67b5a8c8a5c\/0_0_3000_2090\/master\/3000.jpg?width=605&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=1c2746713d8d869b1af0efd9fd40385f 1210w\" media=\"(min-width: 480px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 480px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ab31c799168ac60c5fd8fe6aa611f67b5a8c8a5c\/0_0_3000_2090\/master\/3000.jpg?width=605&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=1a5dad7d2930b773a8f505d3586db72d 605w\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ab31c799168ac60c5fd8fe6aa611f67b5a8c8a5c\/0_0_3000_2090\/master\/3000.jpg?width=380&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=e99965ae105e2e7b87429bb99eab833c 760w\" media=\"(min-width: 375px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 375px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ab31c799168ac60c5fd8fe6aa611f67b5a8c8a5c\/0_0_3000_2090\/master\/3000.jpg?width=380&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=84d49475cc055b217b12cc29f122ce39 380w\" media=\"(min-width: 375px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ab31c799168ac60c5fd8fe6aa611f67b5a8c8a5c\/0_0_3000_2090\/master\/3000.jpg?width=380&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=e99965ae105e2e7b87429bb99eab833c 760w\" media=\"(min-width: 320px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 320px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ab31c799168ac60c5fd8fe6aa611f67b5a8c8a5c\/0_0_3000_2090\/master\/3000.jpg?width=380&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=84d49475cc055b217b12cc29f122ce39 380w\" media=\"(min-width: 320px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ab31c799168ac60c5fd8fe6aa611f67b5a8c8a5c\/0_0_3000_2090\/master\/3000.jpg?width=300&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=05e051ff7fa3f9d6eff7ce86cc170020 600w\" media=\"(min-width: 0px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 0px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ab31c799168ac60c5fd8fe6aa611f67b5a8c8a5c\/0_0_3000_2090\/master\/3000.jpg?width=300&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=28c4f1a5608bf812dd67d0e710aecd85 300w\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"dcr-1989ovb\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ab31c799168ac60c5fd8fe6aa611f67b5a8c8a5c\/0_0_3000_2090\/master\/3000.jpg?width=300&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=05e051ff7fa3f9d6eff7ce86cc170020\" alt=\"Sudanese director Suzannah Mirghani at this year\u2019s Tribeca film festival in New York.\" width=\"427\" height=\"298\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"dcr-18tbxhh\"><span class=\"dcr-19x4pdv\">The Sudanese director Suzannah Mirghani at this year\u2019s Tribeca film festival in New York.<\/span>\u00a0Photograph: Michael Loccisano\/Getty<br \/>\n.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-o5gy41\">More than two and a half years after the toppling of the longtime dictator Omar al-Bashir, Mirghani fears the honeymoon is over, at least for her. The turmoil into which Sudan has again been plunged means she feels unable to return safely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-o5gy41\">On 31 October, as her film,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt13660390\/awards\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Al-Sit<\/a>, won the latest of many awards, Mirghani had to give an acceptance speech that was anything but celebratory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-o5gy41\">Six days before, the military had\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/oct\/25\/sudan-coup-fears-amid-claims-military-have-arrested-senior-government-officials\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">seized power in a coup<\/a>, detaining the civilian prime minister and bringing the country\u2019s fragile transition to democracy to an abrupt halt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-o5gy41\">In\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-in-motion.org.uk\/editorial\/blog\/al-sit-wins-africa-in-motions\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">a video address<\/a>\u00a0from Qatar to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-in-motion.org.uk\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Africa in Motion film festival<\/a>\u00a0in Scotland, Mirghani said \u201cthe only reason\u201d she and her crew had been able to make Al-Sit was the active encouragement given by the civilian-military partnership government. \u201cNow,\u201d she added, \u201cwe\u2019re in very serious danger of going back to the bad old days of military rule and stifling creative expression.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-o5gy41\">Since the coup, a lot has happened: huge pro-democracy protests thronged through Khartoum and other cities, with at least 40 demonstrators killed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-o5gy41\">After almost a month, the prime minister, Abdalla Hamdok, was released as part of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/nov\/21\/sudan-military-ready-reinstate-pm-release-political-detainees\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">a deal struck with the coup leader, Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"ad89569e-476d-48db-bc13-3930f8eeb41e\" class=\" dcr-10khgmf\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1b267dg\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/c190575b41dfdc8ea7a4dfec25196c3fda85afa1\/0_0_2716_1518\/master\/2716.jpg?width=620&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=590da9ef349a54615bb62a7dbfcdfc08 1240w\" media=\"(min-width: 980px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 980px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/c190575b41dfdc8ea7a4dfec25196c3fda85afa1\/0_0_2716_1518\/master\/2716.jpg?width=620&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=eec78140d1a0ff0d7e2cf83f5e4830ba 620w\" media=\"(min-width: 980px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/c190575b41dfdc8ea7a4dfec25196c3fda85afa1\/0_0_2716_1518\/master\/2716.jpg?width=620&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=590da9ef349a54615bb62a7dbfcdfc08 1240w\" 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\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/c190575b41dfdc8ea7a4dfec25196c3fda85afa1\/0_0_2716_1518\/master\/2716.jpg?width=605&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=ed543226c1c588f3b5199f8201a22d83 1210w\" media=\"(min-width: 480px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 480px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/c190575b41dfdc8ea7a4dfec25196c3fda85afa1\/0_0_2716_1518\/master\/2716.jpg?width=605&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=6b67f417869e3d2d980db2a26522c970 605w\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/c190575b41dfdc8ea7a4dfec25196c3fda85afa1\/0_0_2716_1518\/master\/2716.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=d22eb8950365c1fcd3adc1a22e4892d4 890w\" media=\"(min-width: 375px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 375px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/c190575b41dfdc8ea7a4dfec25196c3fda85afa1\/0_0_2716_1518\/master\/2716.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=7b9b7a4258564f7bb34e9e1f6f4319b7 445w\" media=\"(min-width: 375px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/c190575b41dfdc8ea7a4dfec25196c3fda85afa1\/0_0_2716_1518\/master\/2716.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=d22eb8950365c1fcd3adc1a22e4892d4 890w\" media=\"(min-width: 320px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 320px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/c190575b41dfdc8ea7a4dfec25196c3fda85afa1\/0_0_2716_1518\/master\/2716.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=7b9b7a4258564f7bb34e9e1f6f4319b7 445w\" media=\"(min-width: 320px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/c190575b41dfdc8ea7a4dfec25196c3fda85afa1\/0_0_2716_1518\/master\/2716.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=d22eb8950365c1fcd3adc1a22e4892d4 890w\" media=\"(min-width: 0px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 0px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/c190575b41dfdc8ea7a4dfec25196c3fda85afa1\/0_0_2716_1518\/master\/2716.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=7b9b7a4258564f7bb34e9e1f6f4319b7 445w\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"dcr-1989ovb\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/c190575b41dfdc8ea7a4dfec25196c3fda85afa1\/0_0_2716_1518\/master\/2716.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=d22eb8950365c1fcd3adc1a22e4892d4\" alt=\"A still from a film, with a young girl talking to her grandmother as they sit next to a lamp at night\" width=\"2716\" height=\"1518\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"dcr-w6u133\"><span class=\"dcr-19x4pdv\">A still from Mirghani\u2019s film, Al-Sit, about a young girl\u2019s arranged marriage in Sudan.<\/span>\u00a0Photograph: Courtesy FilmFreeway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-o5gy41\">But the protesters, who want the military out of politics for good, are not convinced, and even less so as security forces\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/11\/30\/anti-military-protesters-to-march-on-sudans-presidential-palace\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">fire teargas<\/a>\u00a0into the crowds that continue to gather despite Hamdok\u2019s return. With the creative gains made after the revolution now hanging in the balance, Sudanese artists feel they have to speak out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-o5gy41\">\u201cWe artists will be the first to be targeted if the military government continues in power,\u201d writes Aamira*, a painter, in an email from Khartoum. \u201cWe are demonstrating in the streets, facing guns, unarmed. There is nothing to fear any more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-o5gy41\">In\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/bcfa1db2-735e-46c4-9105-59451f91ca8d\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">an interview<\/a>\u00a0with the Financial Times last week, Hamdok defended his decision to strike a deal with the military, saying it was essential to stop the bloodshed and \u201cpreserve the achievements of the last few years\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-o5gy41\">It may not have been uppermost in his mind, but one of those achievements was the flowering of an artistic community that had long been harassed, censored and forced into the shadows. Assil Diab, a street artist, says: \u201cI painted Omar al-Bashir as the [face of] coronavirus in a stadium in Bahri during the daytime, which would have been just impossible; my whole family could have been killed two years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"f7dbf19f-aa63-4309-ac9e-b9347aba1b67\" class=\" dcr-10khgmf\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1b267dg\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/875ca1947b34a7b04c0f49f9b399d31b9f0d71f1\/0_0_1768_1524\/master\/1768.jpg?width=620&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=ca3fd929c67cca9d43ed343dfe80d88f 1240w\" media=\"(min-width: 980px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 980px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/875ca1947b34a7b04c0f49f9b399d31b9f0d71f1\/0_0_1768_1524\/master\/1768.jpg?width=620&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=702c15c61c4528eabf10c3c0686ee543 620w\" media=\"(min-width: 980px)\" \/><source 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srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/875ca1947b34a7b04c0f49f9b399d31b9f0d71f1\/0_0_1768_1524\/master\/1768.jpg?width=620&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=702c15c61c4528eabf10c3c0686ee543 620w\" media=\"(min-width: 660px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/875ca1947b34a7b04c0f49f9b399d31b9f0d71f1\/0_0_1768_1524\/master\/1768.jpg?width=605&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=af776e6b22393ac72ca6b0fbbe730c33 1210w\" media=\"(min-width: 480px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 480px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/875ca1947b34a7b04c0f49f9b399d31b9f0d71f1\/0_0_1768_1524\/master\/1768.jpg?width=605&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=11b47b029d50e34cd9f7d54cbe98a85e 605w\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/875ca1947b34a7b04c0f49f9b399d31b9f0d71f1\/0_0_1768_1524\/master\/1768.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=9932198576a7ff925c1b1e9013db4322 890w\" media=\"(min-width: 375px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 375px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/875ca1947b34a7b04c0f49f9b399d31b9f0d71f1\/0_0_1768_1524\/master\/1768.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=c7441a6be4790d8290663d8a1a0e6b19 445w\" media=\"(min-width: 375px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/875ca1947b34a7b04c0f49f9b399d31b9f0d71f1\/0_0_1768_1524\/master\/1768.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=9932198576a7ff925c1b1e9013db4322 890w\" media=\"(min-width: 320px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 320px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/875ca1947b34a7b04c0f49f9b399d31b9f0d71f1\/0_0_1768_1524\/master\/1768.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=c7441a6be4790d8290663d8a1a0e6b19 445w\" media=\"(min-width: 320px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/875ca1947b34a7b04c0f49f9b399d31b9f0d71f1\/0_0_1768_1524\/master\/1768.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=9932198576a7ff925c1b1e9013db4322 890w\" media=\"(min-width: 0px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 0px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/875ca1947b34a7b04c0f49f9b399d31b9f0d71f1\/0_0_1768_1524\/master\/1768.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=c7441a6be4790d8290663d8a1a0e6b19 445w\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"dcr-1989ovb\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/875ca1947b34a7b04c0f49f9b399d31b9f0d71f1\/0_0_1768_1524\/master\/1768.jpg?width=445&amp;quality=45&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=9932198576a7ff925c1b1e9013db4322\" alt=\"Street artist Assil Diab\u2019s depiction of former dictator Omar al-Bashir as the face of coronavirus on a stadium wall in Bahri, Khartoum.\" width=\"1768\" height=\"1524\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"dcr-w6u133\"><span class=\"dcr-19x4pdv\">The street artist Assil Diab\u2019s depiction of the former dictator Omar al-Bashir as the face of coronavirus on a stadium wall in Bahri, Khartoum.<\/span>\u00a0Photograph: Assil Diab<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-o5gy41\">Feeling compelled to return amid the revolutionary fervour, Diab returned to Sudan in 2019 and made her name painting the faces of the revolution\u2019s \u201cmartyrs\u201d on the outside of their families\u2019 homes, with a getaway car close by in case the notorious paramilitary Rapid Support Forces saw her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-o5gy41\">For Mirghani, the \u201cabsolute elation\u201d of the revolution yielded creative results. Al-Sit is the beautifully observed story of a Sudanese village girl whose parents want her to marry the sharp-suited son of a wealthy cotton trader in Qatar. \u201cTo finally be able to express yourself, to say what you had wanted to say to these people for 30 years: it\u2019s amazing.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"dcr-1x8p67f\">\n<footer><cite class=\"dcr-1irn6li\">Khalid Albaih, political cartoonist<\/cite><\/footer>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"dcr-o5gy41\">\u201cMy film is about women\u2019s rights. It\u2019s social commentary on arranged marriage. I don\u2019t think we could have said that a few years ago,\u201d says Mirghani.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-o5gy41\">The \u201choneymoon\u201d was not without its challenges. The dictator was gone, but social and religious conservatism \u2013 and a reluctance to champion the arts \u2013 remained. Artistic freedom was patchy: in 2020, the renowned film-maker\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.screendaily.com\/news\/sudanese-director-hajooj-kuka-released-but-six-other-artists-remain-in-jail\/5153717.article\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Hajooj Kuka and several others were detained<\/a>\u00a0during a theatre workshop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-o5gy41\">Asim*, a documentary film-maker in Khartoum, says that, although in the capital the \u201cdirect censorship\u201d of the Bashir era has eased, the rest of Sudan is not as relaxed. \u201cIt\u2019s partially freedom and partially censorship,\u201d he says. \u201cIt is a battle about 10% won.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-o5gy41\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theartnewspaper.com\/2019\/07\/15\/sudanese-political-cartoonist-khalid-albaih-is-the-first-recipient-of-the-freedom-artists-residency\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Khalid Albaih<\/a>, a political cartoonist based in Qatar, returned after the revolution to launch the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sudanartistfund.com\/en\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Sudan Artist Fund<\/a>\u00a0(SAF), to provide budding creatives with money and mentors, and with an ambitious plan to create a public art and design library. He says: \u201cI thought: this is it. All doors were open and this is what we were going to do.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>Read More &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2021\/dec\/06\/can-artistic-freedom-survive-in-sudan-the-writings-on-the-wall\">theguardian.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recent coup dashed hopes raised by the end of the military regime but newly liberated artists refuse to submit quietly Young Sudanese paint murals on a wall in the Khartoum neighbourhood of Arkawit last year.\u00a0Photograph: Ashraf Shazly\/AFP\/Getty Global development is supported by About this content Lizzy Davies Mon 6 Dec 2021 07.00 GMT In &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-3027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-opinion","tag-can-artistic-freedom-survive-in-sudan-the-writings-on-the-wal"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Can artistic freedom survive in Sudan? 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