DUBAI: After being displaced from the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, several times before finally reaching safety in Kassala to the east, Dr. Tayseer Ibrahim understood better than most the lasting scars Sudan’s war would leave on generations to come.
Before she could complete her final semester in medical school, the 27-year-old was forced to pack her belongings and leave when the sound of shelling drew closer and war raged through the streets of Khartoum, a city since recaptured by the army but still in ruins.
Boarding the first bus packed with displaced people bound for Wad Madani, capital of Al-Jazira state to the southeast of Khartoum, Ibrahim’s journey was perilous, marked by sudden clashes at checkpoints and sleepless nights spent under trees in search of safe passage.
After settling temporarily in a camp in the village of Al-Shakaba, she was forced to leave once again when the situation deteriorated. The journey to Kassala took more than a week, mostly on foot, before she finally arrived at the Omar Al-Haj Musa School camp.
“As a survivor, I understood better than anyone what my people truly needed,” Ibrahim told Arab News.
