Reem Abbas

Reem Abbas is a Sudanese journalist, writer and an award-winning blogger. She blogs here and tweets @ReemWrites. As of October 2016, she will produce a bi-monthly podcast on her blog called "Make us understand"

Secret reading in Khartoum

In Sudan, the state security apparatus has adopted a new habit: confiscating and banning books. Authors and rights activists are rightly outraged, but this is helping the growth of a new reading culture in Khartoum.

By Reem Abbas

/ 22 Oct 2012