Khartoum Workshop
Artists from various countries worked together with the neighbours of El Diem in Khartoum, Sudan.
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Reine Mahfouz also gathered the 'tobe' (the traditional Sudanese dress) from several women she had met in El Diem during the project. She washed a number of different colourful tobes and hung them out in the street as an invitation for the women to tell their personal stories. The tobe represents the courage of Sudanese women, especially that of the tea ladies (preparing and selling tea in the street), who sometimes work under semi-illegal conditions in order to earn an income for their families.
© Photo: Courtesy Dutch Art Institute
& Hester Oerlemans
Artists from various countries worked together with the neighbours of El Diem in Khartoum, Sudan.