Conflict in Sudan: Fatima's story

Sudanese illustrator Shiroug Idris highlights the impact of the Sudan conflict on children’s lives

An illustration of a family in Sudan shows a young child, Fatima*, in bed with her mother sat beside her and her father sat in a chair on the right of the image

An illustration of a young girl, Fatima*, looking out the window and seeing an explosion and missiles and aircraft in the sky

Fatima* and her family are shown hurrying through a crowd of people

With smoke and crowds in the background, this illustration of Sudan shows a street scene with multiple bodies lying on the ground

Fatima* is shown being comforted by her mother

Fatima* is shown hiding behind her father and mother while a shadowy figure with a gun stands in the foreground

Fatima* and her mother are shown arriving at a displacement camp, with rows of tents in the background and a figure wearing a Save the Children jacket crouching in the foreground to welcome them

Fatima* is shown playing happily with other children in the Save the Children-supported safe space

Fatima* is sitting on a mattress dreaming of her home

Fatima* can be seen through the window of a busy, waving toward the viewer. All illustrations are by Sudanese illustrator Shiroug Idris, who highlights the impact of the last two years on children’s lives.

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Sudanese illustrator Shiroug Idris highlights the impact of the conflict in Sudan on children’s lives. In the illustrations above Shiroug tells the story of 11-year-old Fatima*.

Shiroug herself was forced to flee her home in Khartoum in 2023 and is now living in eastern Sudan. She travelled to Gedaref with Save the Children to see our work and ran a drawing workshop with children to let them tell their own stories of the conflict.

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