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10 unusual facts about Omdurman


Ali Gagarin

Haydar Hassan Haj Al-Sidig known as Ali Gagarin (born in Omdurman) is a former Sudanese footballer who played with Al-Hilal Club.

Elhadi Adam

He joined Al-mahad Al-elaamy or The Scientific Institute (now Omdurman Islamic University) in Omdurman and after he graduated he worked in many Sudanese newspapers.

Faouzi Chaouchi

It was only Chaouchi's third cap during the unforgettable night in Al Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman (Sudan).

Khojali Osman

Unfortunately, his life was cut short in a mysterious incident outside the Musicians club in the Sudanese cultural capital, Omdurman.

Omdurman Bridge

The Omdurman Bridge (also known as the Redemption Bridge or the Old White Nile Bridge) is a steel truss bridge in Sudan on the road connecting Khartoum on the White Nile to Omdurman.

Royal Warwickshire Regiment

In 1898 the regiment fought at Atbara and Omdurman during Lord Kitchener's reconquest of the Sudan and saw service in the Second Boer War at Johannesburg, Diamond Hill and Belfast.

Salah Ahmed Ibrahim

Salah Ahmed Ibrahim(1933 in Omdurman-15 May 1993), Arabic صلاح أحمد إبراهيم, was a Sudanese writer, poet and diplomat.

Shaigiya tribe

(Major Hussein escaped to Egypt in 1891 and came back during to the reconquest in 1898. His family still resides in Omdurman Bahri and Hajar al Asal.)His grand children went far as Germany where they go by the name Hussein.

Sudanese Air Force

In 1991, the two main air bases were at the capital Khartoum and Wadi Sayyidna near Omdurman.

Telecommunications in Sudan

Sudan Television operates three stations located in Omdurman, Al Jazirah, and Atbarah.


21st Lancers

Brighton, Terry, The Last Charge: the 21st Lancers and the Battle of Omdurman.

Abdel Halim Muhammad

Abdel Halim Muhammad (born 10 April 1910 in Omdurman, Sudan - died 16 April 2009 in Khartoum, Sudan) was a Sudanese doctor.

Apostolic Vicariate of Sudan

In the early 20th century it included: — stations at Assuan (now in Egypt), Omdurman, Khartoum (central station); Lul and Atigo (White Nile); Wau, Kayango and 'Cleveland' (Bahrel-Ghazal); Omach and Gulu (Uganda); besides twenty-five localities provided excurrendo.

Haitham Mustafa

Hytham Mostafa Karar (Arabic: هيثم مصطفي كرار) (born July 19, 1977 in Khartoum North) is a Sudanese football midfielder playing for Al-Hilal.

Joseph Ohrwalder

Father Joseph Ohrwalder (6 March 1856 Lana/South Tyrol - 8 August 1913 Omdurman/Sudan) was a Roman Catholic priest, who was taken captive by the Mahdists in Sudan while working as a missionary there and escaped ten years later.

Khartoum League

The teams playing in it are those from the three cities of the capital Khartoum; Khartoum, Bahri, and Omdurman.

Stanley Berkeley

Berkeley also depicted contemporary events and several were published as photogravures by Henry Graves including The Victory of Candahar, Charge of the Gordon Highlanders at Dargai, Atbara, and Omdurman.