Sudan zwischen Demokratie und Militärherrschaft: Ibn Rushd Lecture mit Shadia Abdelmoneim und Ibrahim Khattab

In the organizer's words:

In view of the profound political upheavals in Sudan and the associated political, economic and military challenges, the Ibn Rushd Fund invites you to a discussion event. This event is dedicated to the roots of the current Sudanese crisis, sheds light on the prospects for democratic change and the possibilities of building a sustainable civilian state.

Economist and feminist Shadia Abdelmoneim and physician and political activist Dr. Ibrahim Khattab will offer an analytical reading of the historical and social context of the emergence of the Sudanese military institution. They examine the relations of production and class alliances that have contributed to its position of power - an attempt to understand the dynamics and structural challenges of the modern Sudanese state. In addition, Shadia Abdelmoneim will address the humanitarian dimensions of the current crisis and its catastrophic impact on the civilian population - especially women and vulnerable groups - against the backdrop of the ongoing armed conflict and worsening living conditions.

Shadia Abdelmoneim is a political activist and feminist. She studied philosophy at Charles University in Prague as well as information and communication sciences.
She worked at the University of Khartoum before she was dismissed due to the so-called "public welfare law". She then worked in several international organizations, including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
She founded the "Practical Answers to Poverty" initiative as a new approach to sustainable development and co-founded several associations and activist groups, including the well-known "No to the Oppression of Women" initiative. She has been a member of the Sudanese Women's Union since the 1980s and has published numerous feminist and intellectual articles in newspapers and magazines, including the publication of the first two issues of the magazine *The Woman in Islam* as well as contributions to anthologies on topics such as women's issues, violence and the Sudanese diaspora.

Dr. Ibrahim Khattab is a medical doctor and civil society activist based in Berlin. He studied at the Universities of Khartoum and Freie Universität Berlin. He is currently chairman of the Sudanese-German Cultural Association (Sudanclub e.V.), co-founder and coordinator of the "Salam Sudan" campaign to end the war and a member of the "Sudan Roundtable" of the UNESCO Commissioner-General in Germany.

Dr. Amany Alsiefy will moderate the discussion. The language of the event will be Arabic.