page_title: Sudanese in the United Kingdom
section_title: Notable British-Sudanese or Sudanese residing in the United Kingdom
hierarchical_section_title: Sudanese in the United Kingdom / Notable British-Sudanese or Sudanese residing in the United Kingdom
caption_attribution_description: English: Leila Aboulela (b. 1964), Arabic 'ليلى ابوالعلا' is a Sudanese writer and playwright.
context_page_description: Sudanese in the United Kingdom including Sudanese-born immigrants to the UK and their British-born descendants are an extremely diverse national group, especially in terms of political and religious views. It is thought that the UK is home to the oldest Sudanese diaspora in the Western World, as well as one of the largest. Sudanese migrants to the UK have traditionally included professionals, business people and academics, and more recently have included asylum seekers fleeing Sudan's second civil war. Sudanese people live in many of the UK's largest cities and towns.
context_section_description: Ahmed Diraige: the former governor of Darfur Province and current head of the National Redemption Front alliance, based in London since mid 1980s.
  Alexander Siddig: (or Siddig El Fadil) actor known for his role in Syriana, Kingdom of Heaven, and Gotham 
  Amira Kheir: Italian-Sudanese singer based in London
  Eliza Shaddad: musician
  Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim: activist who resided in London. Founder of the ‘Sudanese Women Union’ and later a Sudanese parliamentarian
  Leila Aboulela: award-winning writer and novelist. Her story collection Elsewhere, Home was the winner of the 2018 Saltire Fiction Book of the Year Award
  Mo Abbaro: (Mo Abdalla) ceramicist and potter
  Mo Ibrahim: (Mohammed Ibrahim) telecom businessman. He was among Forbes 2011 billionaire list and the TIME "Top 100" list in 2008
  Nima Elbagir: award-winning senior international correspondent for CNN based in London
  Nesrine Malik: opinion columnist at The Guardian
  Zeinab Badawi: journalist in BBC world (previously ITV and Channel 4 News)
caption: Leila Aboulela, award-winning Sudanese writer who writes in English and lives in Scotland.
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