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Missing home?
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  • Updated by mafi_moya on Oct 31, 2003
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  • For those moments when you're missing home and the food your mother makes, or when you get fed up shaving with a stick and want a 'proper' razor, there are a couple of shops in the Khartoum 2 and Amarat area that can provide you with most things you desire (they even have marmite!)

    Many people seem to simply assume you can't get such items and don't bother looking - so try Street 1 or Cemetary Road in Amarat. They cater to rich Sudanese and expats so are relatively expensive but can definitely be worth a look!

    What To Buy: Things you can't get at your local store; things you miss from home; a bit of luxury living to cheer you up a bit if you get the Khartoum blues

    What To Pay: Relatively expensive but still worth a look even if you're on a low budget.

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    Directions: Amarat or Khartoum 2, fashionable (for Khartoum!) areas south of Souk Arabi. Walk over the train tracks, or get a bus.
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    Pavement bookstores: Something to read
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  • Name of Shop: Pavement bookstores

    There are a lack of English language bookstores in Khartoum but you can often find some interesting reads laid out on the street, particularly around the north-west corner of the bus station and near Neelain (Two Niles) University. You'll find the same titles appearing again and again (Oscar Wilde, abridged Joseph Conrad) but look hard and you might find some gems. You can read international magazines such as Time and Newsweek at the British Council and the Akropole Hotel, but you can sometimes get more up to date copies from guys on the street.

    What To Buy: Surprisingly you won't find many copies of Sudan's most famous book - Season of Migration to the North, by Tayeb Salih. Dealing with life in the UK for a Sudanese and issues of identity and village life in Northern Sudan, it's at times sexually explicit and was banned years ago. There are some copies in circulation though.

    What To Pay: Depends on the book but most about a dollar or less - pretty cheap.

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    Comments for mafi_moya about Khartoum
    janiebaxter Mon Aug 31, 2009 22:56 UTC
     Hi, Great Khartoum pages. Greetings from Manchester UK.
    madut_sila Tue May 8, 2007 14:34 UTC
     Hi Am a Sudan I am not going to comment but I need more information about the university because I have aplan to join but am in the remote village of Kurmuk county. So would please make every thing clear for me through my email address?
    awladhassan Tue May 30, 2006 14:42 UTC
     A lot of Information , well presented. The old town has changed much since we lived there by the sound of it.
    Bangkokjoe Mon Apr 17, 2006 09:40 UTC
     Khartoum, an interesting page here. Thanks, Ian
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