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Omdurman

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Omdurman , Arab. Umm Durman, city (1993 pop. 1,271,403), central Sudan, on the White Nile opposite Khartoum. It is the largest city and chief commercial center of Sudan and part of a tricity metropolitan area (with Khartoum and Khartoum North) that forms the country's industrial and cultural heart. Industries include leather tanning and furniture and pottery making. In 1884 the Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad made his military headquarters at the village of Omdurman. After the Mahdist forces destroyed Khartoum (1885), the Mahdi's successor, Khalifa Addallah, made Omdurman his capital, and the city... Read more
Omdurman
The Oxford Companion to British History Omdurman. Town in central Sudan which came to prominence when the mahdi, a religious leader who led a holy war against the Egyptian...In 1898 an Anglo-Egyptian army led by Sir Herbert Kitchener advanced into the Sudan. Early in September the battle for Omdurman took place, the town was occupied by Kitchener's ... Read more
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A Dictionary of British History Omdurman Town in central Sudan which came to prominence when the mahdi, a religious leader who led a holy war against the Egyptian...1898 an Anglo‐Egyptian army led by Sir Herbert Kitchener advanced into the Sudan. Early in September the battle for Omdurman took place and the army of the mahdi was ... Read more

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Battle of Omdurman: September 2nd, 1898.(Sudan - defeat of the Dervishes)(Freeze Frame)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: History Today; 9/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...OF Sudanese Dervishes on a plain near Omdurman in the Sudan was an occasion that a new...intentions, had assembled a large army near Omdurman, since 1885 the Mahdist capital, across...within 300 yards of it. The shelling of Omdurman by the British occupied the first day... Read more
Women and finance in Sudan: a case study in greater Omdurman and Khartoum.
Magazine article from: Ahfad Journal; 6/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...relations of women in Greater Khartoum and Omdurman that financial behaviour of women is...in two villages in the surroundings of Omdurman (Al Gharaza and Sanahir), displaced areas...and in a lower middle-class area in Omdurman (Thawra). 2. Finance, Economic Embeddedness... Read more
Omdurman 1898: The Eye-Witnesses Speak
Magazine article from: RUSI Journal; 10/1/1999; ; 173 words ; OMDURMAN 1898: THE EYE-WITNESSES SPEAK by Peter Harrington & Frederic Sharf, (Greenhill Books, 1998), 20, 236 pages Published to mark the centenary of the Battle of Omdurman, this illustrated book brings together a number of first hand accounts of the engagement. The battle, and the wider Sudanese... Read more
U.S. CONDEMNS ATTACK ON OMDURMAN
Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data; 5/10/2008; ; 122 words ; ...by Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) forces in the area of Omdurman, near Khartoum. We call for an immediate end to fighting. These...Government of Sudan to guard against attacks against civilians in Omdurman and Darfur, and warns both sides against taking any retaliatory... Read more
Embassy of Sudan Responds to Attack on City of Omdurman
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 5/11/2008; 494 words ; ...1-202-338-8565 or Fax: +1-202-667-2406 WASHINGTON, May 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Heavy gunfire and artillery rang through Omdurman as an anticipated attack by a rebel group came to pass on Saturday. The Chadian JEM who've long been under the surveillance... Read more
SUDAN: You should be dancing, yeah! On the desert fringes of Omdurman, in the middle of a vast, sandy burial field, the dervishes begin to spin. For a hotline to Allah, look no further
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 11/27/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...birthday of the 19th-century sheikh whose tomb is the site of Omdurman's whirling dervishes and the Bedford bus will burst if the...jalabiyas flap hectically in the wind. On the outskirts of Omdurman, the desert is winning the battle that it is still waging in... Read more
Had-Elzein Mohammed El Fatih and Hadeel Amin Ahmed (2001) Perception and visions of Sudan Youth towards conflict resolution and culture of peace. School of organizational management. Ahfad University for Women, Omdurman Sudan. (Research Notes).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Ahfad Journal; 6/1/2001; ; 271 words ; This research studied the visions and perceptions of Sudanese Youths towards conflict resolution and a culture of peace. The research mainly aimed at investigating the awareness and acceptance of youth on conflict resolution and culture of peace, knowing their opinions in the current peace movement Read more
Engendered spaces in Al Gharaza Village at the edge of Omdurman.
Magazine article from: Ahfad Journal; 6/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; Abstract This paper analyses the diversified women's spaces in Al Gharaza village in Central Sudan. The article investigates how women and men use the options and tools at their disposal to capitalise on them to define spaces, engage within their boundaries, and negotiate to cross or change them. Read more
Imtethal Abdel Gadir Elimam, Manal El Amin Hassan, Nahid Awad Hamid, Susan Soleiman Hamid (1995) Sudanese Women Museum. B.Sc. Dissertation School of Psychology and Pre-School Education. Ahfad University for Women, Omdurman, Sudan.(Research notes; role and representation of women in Sudanese museums)
Magazine article from: Ahfad Journal; 12/1/2003; ; 211 words ; The objectives of the study were: 1--Explore the present documentation of women activities in Sudanese Museums. 2--Suggest documentation of empowering women's activities and achievements. 3--Women's activities in the different The data was collected through questionnaires for different groups Read more
Ikhlas Mustaffa Abasher and Nuha Osman Abdalla (1995) Social Constraints and Their Psychological Effects on Sudanese Girls. B.Sc. Dissertation. School of Psychology and Pre-School Education. Ahfad University for Women, Omdurman, Sudan.(Research notes)
Magazine article from: Ahfad Journal; 12/1/2003; ; 432 words ; Women's problems are important to focus on as they reflect on all difficulties and efforts for social change and progress of the society. In our Sudanese society there is a low status of women and they are kept back behind men. The latter is a result of women's suppression, backwardness that Read more

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