Community

Our deepest gratitude goes to our comrades for being the soul and pulse of this piece, with remarkable wisdom and stamina. We salute their trust, courage, and political voice as they navigated through the triggers and surfacing of trauma and pain in radical love and community. We also acknowledge the thoughts and feelings we continue to sit with after the interviews. We are in awe of their time and contributions to the collection of stories and the development of analysis: 

  • Aya Elzein 

  • Sudanese Girl Activist

  • Sudanese Young Activist

  • Wini Omer 

  • Reem Abbas 

  • Mina 

  • Elaf 

  • I.Elkhair

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Lead author: Sandie Hanna

We also thank the beautiful and powerful constellation of our people who worked with a deep ethic of love, trust, intention, and earnestness to bring this process out to the world:

Copy-editing: Maria P. Godoy

Translation into Arabic: Hala Shrouf

Illustrations: Amanda Elbergdar

Design: alike creative

Psychological accompaniment: Saja Michael

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Contributions by:

  • Doha Ali

  • Famia Nkansa

  • Leila Aboulela

  • Mariana Gonzalez

  • Dr. Ramatu Bangura

  • Rosa Bransky

  • Ruby Johnson

  • Salma Sakr

  • Zukiswa Wanner

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