Hala al-Karib

Hala al-Karib is a Sudanese activist for women's rights in the Horn of Africa. She is the Regional Director of the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) and the editorial head of the annual journal ‘Women in Islam’.

The revolution in Sudan: let it fall

The will of the Sudanese youth is unmasking the dogma of a violent regime.

By Hala al-Karib

/ 5 Feb 2019

Violence against women at Sudan’s universities has been tolerated for far too long

Western agencies have focused on female genital mutilation in Sudan, but this isn't the only women’s rights battle that needs support in our country.

By Hala al-Karib

/ 28 Feb 2018

Violence against women at Sudan’s universities has been tolerated for far too long

Western agencies have focused on female genital mutilation in Sudan, but this isn't the only women’s rights battle that needs support in our country.

By Hala al-Karib

/ 28 Feb 2018

Horn of Africa: there are no quick fixes in ‘countering violent extremism’

An effective response to violence and harmful ideologies is important. But projects are failing to adequately engage with root causes.

By Hala al-Karib

/ 11 Jul 2017

Horn of Africa: there are no quick fixes in ‘countering violent extremism’

An effective response to violence and harmful ideologies is important. But projects are failing to adequately engage with root causes.

By Hala al-Karib

/ 11 Jul 2017

Meriam’s courage: facing death by hanging

Meriam Ibrahim Yahya is incarcerated and shackled in Sudan's Omdurman Women’s Prison. Her twenty month old child and her new born baby are with her. Charged with apostasy earlier this month, she faces flogging and then death by hanging.

By Hala al-Karib

/ 26 May 2014

The politics and culture of skin bleaching in Sudan

The past 25 years have witnessed fundamental sociopolitical and cultural changes in Sudan. Women have been the terrain of many of the uneasy shifts in the country, even down to their skin, which they are now being encouraged to bleach.

By Hala al-Karib

/ 3 Dec 2013

Sudanese women: you can beat us but you cannot break us

Amira Osman is awaiting trial for refusing to cover her hair. She is one of thousands of Sudanese women who are being arrested under Sudan's criminal code, sentenced, and publicly lashed.

By Hala al-Karib

/ 29 Sep 2013

Rebuilding Somalia

The appointment of two Somali women in key ministerial posts must not mask the massive day to day persecution of women in Somalia, says Hala al-Karib

By Hala al-Karib

/ 17 Dec 2012