CIRS 2025 in the Media

Selected news articles and media coverage of the project will be posted here.

Seeing Sudan: Politics Through Art conference and Sudan Retold Exhbition at Alhosh Gallery, Doha

The Seeing Sudan: Politics Through Art conference, held from 18–20 September 2025 at Georgetown University in Qatar, captured significant attention from media outlets around the world. As Sudan faces one of its most devastating humanitarian and cultural crises, the conference brought together artists, curators, scholars, and policymakers to explore how art can bear witness to conflict and preserve collective memory.

International and regional media highlighted the conference’s pioneering approach, describing it as “a landmark cultural intervention that reframes Sudan through the lens of art and resilience.” Below is a selection of the official media coverage from diverse outlets worldwide.

• “Politics Through Art – A Landmark Conference Amid War,” 500 Words Magazine, September 8, 2025.
  https://500wordsmag.com/sudan-news/seeing-sudan-politics-through-art-a-landmark-conference-amid-war/

• “Art as a voice for Sudan’s unseen struggles,” Euronews, October 6, 2025.
  https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/10/06/art-as-a-voice-for-sudans-unseen-struggles

• “Can art confront Sudan’s crisis ignored by the world? GU-Q conference seeks answers,” Doha News, September 20, 2025.
  https://dohanews.co/can-art-confront-sudans-crisis-ignored-by-the-world-gu-q-conference-seeks-answers/

• “Georgetown Qatar conference draws attention on crisis in Sudan,” The Peninsula, September 19, 2025.
  https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/19/09/2025/georgetown-qatar-conference-draws-attention-on-crisis-in-sudan

• “Sudanese artists, thinkers convene at GU-Q meet, dwell on country’s crisis and hope for future,” Qatar Tribune, September 19, 2025.
  https://www.qatar-tribune.com/article/195374/nation/sudanese-artists-thinkers-convened-at-gu-q-meet-dwell-on-countrys-crisis-and-hope-for-future

• “Sudan Retold book and art exhibition launched at Al Hosh Gallery,” Gulf Times, September 20, 2025.
  https://www.gulf-times.com/article/711057/qatar/sudan-retold-book-and-art-exhibition-launched-at-alhosh-gallery

• “Announcing Historic Conference ‘Seeing Sudan’ Featuring Zeinab Badawi and Other Acclaimed Artists and Intellectuals,” Georgetown University in Qatar News, September 8, 2025.
  https://qatar.georgetown.edu/announcing-historic-conference-seeing-sudan-featuring-zeinab-badawi-and-other-acclaimed-artists-and-intellectuals/

• “Seeing Sudan: Politics Through Art conference launches at Georgetown University in Qatar,” Qatar News Agency (QNA), September 19, 2025.
  https://qna.org.qa/en/news/news-details?id=seeing-sudan-politics-through-art-conference-launches&date=19/09/2025