Afaf Rahma

University professor in the field of folklore and cultural heritage. More than 15 years of experience in one of the largest departments specialized in folklore in the Middle East and Africa. I work enthusiastically with my colleagues and students in many fields and research related to cultural heritage and folklore. I have experience in teaching, supervising research, and leading field work projects. Excellent relationship-builder with good communication skills and time management .

• Member of the University of Khartoum Professors Council.

•Member of the University of Khartoum Broadcasting Council.

•Member of Sudanese Folklore Society.

• Member of the Scientific Research Coordination: Institute of African and Asian Studies.

published books and papers:

Books:

Writers in the First Abbasid Era132-247 AH, 749-861 AD): (A Study in Systems, Culture, and Society 132-247 AH, 749-861 AD), (in Arabic), Artheria Printing and Publishing House, Khartoum 2021 AD.

Sudan Identity through the Texts of Haquiba Songs (in Arabic), Abdul Karim Mirghani Cultural Center, Omdurman 2023.

• papers:

1. Planning for the Preservation and Management of the Heritage Resource (Bait Al Khalifa Museum as a Model), (in Arabic) Journal of Arts, Literature, Humanities and Social Sciences, Emirates College of Educational Sciences, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Issue 66, April 2021, pages 88-110.

2. Methods of collecting and documenting folklore materials, Methodological notes, (in Arabic), Popular Culture Magazine published in Bahrain in cooperation with the International Organization for Folklore Art, Issue 55, October 2021, pages 14-33.

3. Preservation and Reuse of Heritage and Historical Buildings in Cities (Al-Daho Quarter, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), (in Arabic), Journal of Arts, Literature, Humanities and Social Sciences, Emirates College of Educational Sciences, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Issue 67, May 2021, pages 180-213.

4. Employing Folk Traditions in Developing Sustainable Cultural Tourism in Sudan, (in Arabic), Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Economics of Tourism, Hasiba Ben Bouali University, Chlef, Algeria, February 2022, Volume 3, Issue 1, pages 69-96.

5. An approach to Explain the Emergence and Spread of Nationalism (presentation and analysis of Benedict Anderson’s theory: Imagined Communities), (in Arabic), Al-Qalzam Journal for Historical and Cultural Studies, Al-Qalzam Scientific Journal for Historical and Cultural Studies, issued by the Center for Research and Studies of the Red Sea Basin Countries in cooperation with the International Union of Historians, Sudan, issue 5. October 2022, pages 103-126

6. Challenges of safeguarding and employing intangible cultural heritage, (in Arabic), Anthropoloia Magazine, issued by the Fa’aloun Center for Research in Anthropology, Humanities and Social Sciences, Skikda University, Algeria.

7. Methodology for Preserving Intangible Cultural Heritage, (in Arabic), Waza Magazine, Sudanese Life Recording and Documentation Center, Federal Ministry of Culture, Sudan, Issue 22, November 2022.

8. Contemporary approaches to understand and appreciate oral history methodology, (in Arabic), Sudanese Historian Journal, Journal of the Sudanese Historians Society, Issue 7, May 2023, Sudan.

9. Traditions of art and choice: La’ba House in Omdurman 1920-1940 AD, (in Arabic), Al-Qalzam Journal for Historical and Cultural Studies, Al-Qalzam Scientific Journal for Historical and Cultural Studies, issued by the Center for Research and Studies of the Red Sea Basin Countries in cooperation with the International Union of Historians, Sudan, Issue 28, October 2023.

(All these papers are available online)

Papers accepted for publication:

1. Songs Praise of Beauty: Ḥaqībah Culture in Omdurman and Beyond, The International Journal of Intangible Heritage, Seoul, the National Folk Museum of Korea in collaboration with ICOM Korean National Committee.