Recipients of the 2026 CEDEJ Khartoum Research Grants

The CEDEJ Khartoum is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2026 Research Grants. Selected from 61 applications, the awardees are students, researchers and professionals whose work contributes to the study of Sudan across all disciplines of the social sciences. This year, seven thematic grants are more specifically focused on the study of archival materials.

General grants recipients

— Elsaddig Abdelrahim 
Law and Migration Studies, Refugees Platform in Egypt
Between Waiting and Returning. Legal Limbo and the Decision to Return among Sudanese Refugees in Egypt

— Adil Ali 
Agricultural Economics, University of Kassala
Solidarity Networks and Economic Adaptation of Sudanese IDPs in Eastern Sudan Post-April 2023

— Mayar Ali 
Economics, Doha Institute for Graduates Studies
Higher Education and Human-Capital Retention among Sudanese Students Returning from Egypt

— Adam Abida Altayeeb
Planning and development, University of Khartoum
War and the Reshaping of Place in Sudan. Transformations in Spatial Importance and Marginalization in Kadugli and Al-Abasyia, South Kordofan

— Neima Elhessen 
Urban Management and Development, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Mapping Spaces of Work and Belonging among Displaced Sudanese in Kabeish, Faisal

— Zahda Idrees 
Migration Studies, American University in Cairo
Choosing Between Two Risks: Staying in Egypt or Returning to Sudan Among Sudanese Families in Faisal Who Fled After April 2023

— Hayder Nouh 
Social anthropology, University of Khartoum
Sand, War, and Hunger. Desertification, Displacement and Food Security in the Village of Harbah, Northern Sudan

Thematic grants recipients

— Yousif Abdelhamid 
International Relations, Kampala International University
Making History in Exile. Grassroots Archiving and Alternative Archives among Sudanese Resistance Committee Members in Kampala, Uganda

— Rania Hassan 
Social Anthropology, University of Khartoum
Producing Historical Sources Beyond the State Archive. Community Archival Practices among Sudanese in Cairo

— Sara Hayder  
Communication, University of Khartoum
The Last Ink. An Oral Archive of Khartoum’s Pre-War Daily Press

— Hussam Hilali 
Arts and media, Beam Reports Nairobi
Blogging as Literary Practice. Sudanese Writers Online. A Comparative Study of Sudanese Online.com and Sudan-Forall.org

— Omer Hummeida 
History, University of Khartoum
Sources for Writing History after the War: the Body as a Trace of Violence and a Source of History. Historical Roots and Patterns of Continuity and Transformation in Violations, Corporal Punishment, and Bodily Mutilation during the Current War in Sudan

— Shahenda Suliman 
Political Economy, University and College Union London
Prison memories and alternative histories

— Alfatih Youssif 
Intercultural language education, University of Algiers 2
Les représentations sociales des étudiants soudanais déplacés. L’écriture comme source alternative pour documenter les expériences éducatives et sociales de la guerre depuis 2023

Recipients are invited to an orientation meeting on Thursday 15 October at 4 p.m., in the venues of CEDEJ for those in Cairo and online for those located outside Egypt. This is meant as an opportunity to meet, discuss and receive comments from other fellow grantees.

Congratulations to all the awardees! We wish you every success with your research.

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Image : “Sudanese kids playing Football” — Mohammed Abdelmoneim Hashim Mohammed, 2018. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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