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Wad Madani, the Glossary

Wad Madani (Wad Madanī), Wad Medani or Madani is the capital of the Al Jazirah state in east-central Sudan.^[1]

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Cities in Sudan
Populated places in Gezira State

Abdel Aziz El Mubarak

Abdel Aziz El Mubarak (عبد العزيز المبارك; 1951 – 9 February 2020) was a popular Sudanese singer, born in Wad Madani.

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Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abdurrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi (born 21 November 1965) is a British actor and director known professionally as Siddig El Fadil and subsequently as Alexander Siddig.

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Amin Mekki Medani

Amin Mekki Medani (2 February 1939 – 31 August 2018) (Arabic: د. ٱمين مكي مدني) was a Sudanese lawyer, diplomat, human rights and political activist.

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Arab cinema

Arab cinema or Arabic cinema (al-sīnemā al-ʿArabīyah) refers to the film industry of the Arab world.

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Barley

Barley (Hordeum vulgare), a member of the grass family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally.

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Battle of Wad Madani

The Battle of Wad Madani was a battle in the Sudanese civil war over the control of Wad Madani, the capital of Gezira State in east-central Sudan, between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

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Bazaar

A bazaar or souk is a marketplace consisting of multiple small stalls or shops, especially in the Middle East, the Balkans, North Africa and South Asia.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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Blue Nile

The Blue Nile is a river originating at Lake Tana in Ethiopia.

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Cairo–Cape Town Highway

The Cairo–Cape Town Highway is Trans-African Highway 4 in the transcontinental road network being developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the African Development Bank (AfDB), and the African Union.

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Censorship

Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information.

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Cinema of India

The Cinema of India, consisting of motion pictures made by the Indian film industry, has had a large effect on world cinema since the second half of the 20th century.

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Cotton

Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae.

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Egypt

Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.

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Ethiopia

Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa.

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Farouk Abu Issa

Farouk Abu Issa (فاروق أبو عيسى; 12 August 1933 – 12 April 2020) was a Sudanese politician and the Chairman of the National Consensus Forces.

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Gaafar Nimeiry

Gaafar Muhammad an-Nimeiry (otherwise spelled in English as Gaafar Nimeiry, Jaafar Nimeiry, or Ja'far Muhammad Numayri; جعفر محمد النميري; 1 January 193030 May 2009) was a Sudanese military officer and politician who served as the fourth head of state of Sudan from 1969 to 1985, first as Chairman of the National Revolutionary Command Council and then as President.

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Gezira Scheme

The Gezira Scheme (مشروع الجزيرة) is one of the largest irrigation projects in the world.

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Gezira State

Gezira, also spelt Al Jazirah, Al Jazeera and Al Jazira, is one of the 18 states of Sudan.

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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is a 1967 American romantic comedy-drama film produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, and written by William Rose.

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Human rights

Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,.

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Ibrahim al Kashif

Ibrahim al Kashif (born 1915 in Wad Madani, Sudan, died in September 1969) was one of the most popular and influential Sudanese singers between the end of World War II and the independence of Sudan in 1956.

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Injustice

Injustice is a quality relating to unfairness or undeserved outcomes.

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Irrigation

Irrigation (also referred to as watering of plants) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow crops, landscape plants, and lawns.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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Khartoum

Khartoum or Khartum (al-Khurṭūm, pronounced al.xur.tˤuːm) is the capital of Sudan. Wad Madani and Khartoum are cities in Sudan.

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Kindergarten

Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school.

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List of cities in Sudan

This is a list of cities and towns in Sudan.

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List of schools in Sudan

This is a list of notable primary and secondary schools located in the African country of Sudan.

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Livestock

Livestock are the domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting in order to provide labour and produce diversified products for consumption such as meat, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool.

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Mobile cinema

A mobile cinema is a cinema on wheels.

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N'Djamena–Djibouti Highway

The Ndjamena-Djibouti Highway or TAH 6 is Trans-African Highway 6 in the transcontinental road network being developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the African Development Bank (ADB), and the African Union, connecting the Sahelian region to the Indian Ocean port of Djibouti in the country of Djibouti.

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Nasra bint ʿAdlan

Nasra bint ʿAdlan (fl.1800s - 1850s) was a Sudanese noblewoman, power-broker, estate manager and enslaver, whose court was visited by Karl Richard Lepsius.

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National Consensus Forces

The National Consensus Forces (NCF, Ij’maa) is a coalition of political parties in Sudan that opposed the rule of the National Congress Party, and was initially formed to stand against the NCP in the 2010 Sudanese elections.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA) is a US scientific and regulatory agency charged with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, charting the seas, conducting deep-sea exploration, and managing fishing and protection of marine mammals and endangered species in the US exclusive economic zone.

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News broadcasting

News broadcasting is the medium of broadcasting various news events and other information via television, radio, or the internet in the field of broadcast journalism.

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Outdoor cinema

An outdoor cinema consists of a digital or analog movie projector, scaffolded construction or inflatable movie screen, and sound system.

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Peanut

The peanut (Arachis hypogaea), also known as the groundnut, goober (US), goober pea, pindar (US) or monkey nut (UK), is a legume crop grown mainly for its edible seeds.

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Politics

Politics is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status.

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Potential evapotranspiration

Potential evapotranspiration (PET) or potential evaporation (PE) is the amount of water that would be evaporated and transpired by a specific crop, soil or ecosystem if there was sufficient water available.

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Primary school

A primary school (in Ireland, India, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, and Singapore), elementary school, or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary education of children who are 4 to 10 years of age (and in many cases, 11 years of age).

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Projectionist

A projectionist is a person who operates a movie projector, particularly as an employee of a movie theater.

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Racism

Racism is discrimination and prejudice against people based on their race or ethnicity.

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Rail transport

Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails.

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Rapid Support Forces

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF; Quwwāt ad-daʿm as-sarīʿ) is a paramilitary force formerly operated by the Government of Sudan.

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Secondary school

A secondary school or high school is an institution that provides secondary education.

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States of Sudan

Below is a list of the 18 states of the Sudan (Arabic names are in parentheses).

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Sudan

Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa.

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Sudanese Armed Forces

The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF; Al-Quwwat al-Musallaha as-Sudaniyah) are the military forces of the Republic of the Sudan.

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Sudanese civil war (2023–present)

A civil war between two rival factions of the military government of Sudan, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) under Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) under the Janjaweed leader Hemedti, began during Ramadan on 15 April 2023.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wad_Madani

Also known as Diocese of Wad Medeni, Wad Madani District, Wad Medani, Wadmadani.

, Television, Tertiary education, University of Gezira, Wad Medani Ahlia University, War and Peace (1956 film), Wheat.

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Cities in Sudan

Populated places in Gezira State

References