Khartoum and Omdurman | Sudan | City Gallery

StormShadow · October 5th, 2006, 04:13 AM

Khartoum-Omdurman: Metro population - 8,000,000

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Panos

Hospital

Hotel

Sand Storm

Nuba Wrestling

Airport mosque - Khartoum

Mosque of Shareef Yousif el Hindi - Khartoum

El Fatih Tower

Sudanese Dishes

Spice Market in Khartoum

El Fatih Tower

Bajaj - familiar transport vehicle in Khartoum

Meridien Khartoum Hotel

Souq Al Arabi, central Khartoum

arzaranh · October 6th, 2006, 03:42 AM

what kind of building is El Fatih Tower?
and funny, but i didn't see one arab in any of your pics.

You are to blame · October 6th, 2006, 04:33 AM

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Originally Posted by arzaranh

what kind of building is El Fatih Tower?
and funny, but i didn't see one arab in any of your pics.

Arabs make up a minority (40-45%) of the population, the rest (55 %) are black African

eklips · November 11th, 2006, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by You are to blame

Arabs make up a minority (40-45%) of the population, the rest (55 %) are black African

Most arabs in Sudan are black.

ahmed007 · November 11th, 2006, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by virtual

Most arabs in Sudan are black.

most of them are arab wanna be, they have been mixed with arabs, but some of them is darker than any black person. but we also have tru arabs in eastern sudan that have migrated from the arabian peninsula some 200 years ago, i think they are called al rashiyda tribe.

eskandarany · March 5th, 2009, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by arzaranh

what kind of building is El Fatih Tower?
and funny, but i didn't see one arab in any of your pics.

Most 'arabs' aren't arab by ethnicity or appearance, the term is loosely used to describe those who have embraced arab culture - usually defined by people whose first language is arabic. If you just go by the 'ethnic' definition then syrians, algerians, egyptians, iraqis aren't arab either.

arzaranh · March 6th, 2009, 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by eskandarany

Most 'arabs' aren't arab by ethnicity or appearance, the term is loosely used to describe those who have embraced arab culture - usually defined by people whose first language is arabic. If you just go by the 'ethnic' definition then syrians, algerians, egyptians, iraqis aren't arab either.

dude you made me waste 10 minutes looking for that post - it was 3 years ago!!!

i was being sarcastic at the time because everyone in the picture was "black", and in Kartoum, which is in the "arab" north.
at the time most people didn't know that "arab" was a cultural term independent of race and all anyone saw was blacks killing blacks. which didn't make any since.

soulsoul · March 8th, 2009, 11:45 AM

eskandarany · March 10th, 2009, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by arzaranh

dude you made me waste 10 minutes looking for that post - it was 3 years ago!!!

i was being sarcastic at the time because everyone in the picture was "black", and in Kartoum, which is in the "arab" north.
at the time most people didn't know that "arab" was a cultural term independent of race and all anyone saw was blacks killing blacks. which didn't make any since.

well the world doesn't split as neatly as black and white
sorry i didn't realise it was so long ago anyway

Very Controversial · October 6th, 2006, 10:00 AM

Impressive.

hsark · October 6th, 2006, 12:14 PM

isnt the El Fatih Tower part of that mega development proposed for khartoum but thanks for the pics always love ground level shots

Gilgamesh · October 10th, 2006, 10:03 AM

Frankly im dissapointed...I was expecting better infrastructure considering the amount of money they spent on the cost of that mega project.

ahmed007 · October 11th, 2006, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Gilgamesh

Frankly im dissapointed...I was expecting better infrastructure considering the amount of money they spent on the cost of that mega project.

actually the goverment has started recieving oil revenues less than 2 or 3 years ago, so they didn't really change alot of things yet.

ahmed007 · October 11th, 2006, 12:30 AM

damn, khartoum has changed in the past 6 years i left, that is amzing alot of new buildings u/c already.

***Xusein*** · October 11th, 2006, 04:40 AM

Were some of these pics taken during a sandstorm?

Great pics...one of the building u/c looks like the Swiss Re in London...

KB · October 11th, 2006, 12:12 PM

Those yellow cars are taxis? and those yellow buses too?

are they govt owned or private? i mean the buses.

Btw... did anyone notice how 90% of the other cars are white!!!!!!

StormShadow · October 12th, 2006, 06:19 AM

Yes, the photos were taken during a sandstorm. Sandstorms seems to be a normal occurrence for Khartoum, according to many galleries that I had observed. My 2 Cents.

chaladia · October 14th, 2006, 10:00 AM

Congratulations!

I have spent over 2 years in Khartoum on construction of Kartoum Nort Power Station. In 1992 the country appeared to be in total economical catastrophe with war, etnic and religious conflicts. And suddenly, without outsting the Regime, with the same rulers - such architecture, such investmenrs...
Unbelievable! I have also looked in Google Earth, where Khartoun is pretty well developed to high resolution and found many more new projects.

eskandarany · March 5th, 2009, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by KB

Those yellow cars are taxis? and those yellow buses too?

are they govt owned or private? i mean the buses.

Btw... did anyone notice how 90% of the other cars are white!!!!!!

If it's anything like egypt - which I imagine it is - the yellow buses aren't owned by the govt but might be regulated

The arabian peninsula also loves white cars lol

africa500 · November 9th, 2006, 04:13 PM

New roads

New bridge

Heglig oil compagny(Sudanese)

New national archive buiding

The new sudan airways building

New Khartoum port building

New tribunal building

The joint staff military building

New thermal power plant

Mosques

Sudatel building

Gates of Omdurman in Imam madi era(father of independence)

Tunnel beeing built

Khartoum

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