Intisar el-Zein Soughayroun

Intisar el-Zein Soughayroun[2] (also: Intsar, al-Zein, el-Zein, Sghairyoun, Segayron[1][4]; Arabic: انتصار الزين صغيرون‎) is a professor of archeology at the University of Khartoum.[2] In early September 2019 Soughayroun became the Sudanese Minister for Higher Education in the Transitional Cabinet of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, during the 2019 Sudanese transition to democracy.[1]

Intisar el-Zein Soughayroun
انتصار الزين صغيرون
Minister of Higher Education[1]
Assumed office
September 2019[1]
Prime MinisterAbdalla Hamdok
Personal details
Born1957/1958 (age 61–62)[2]
Occupationarcheologist[3][2]
Sudan
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Member State of the Arab League

Archeology research

Soughayroun is a professor of archeology at the University of Khartoum.[2] She is involved in ongoing scientific collaboration with the University of Bergen in Norway.[3][2] Her research interests include the archeology of Islam in Sudan.[5]

2018–2019 Sudanese protests

Soughayroun participated in the 2018–2019 Sudanese protests. One of her nephews was killed in the 3 June 2019 Khartoum massacre.[2] In early July 2019, she expressed scepticism regarding negotiations with the Transitional Military Council, based on past experience, and supported continued civil disobedience. She felt that the TMC was weakening in power.[2]

Minister of Higher Education

In early September 2019, Soughayroun was appointed as the Minister of Higher Education of Sudan[1] (or head of the Higher Education and Scientific Research Council[6]) in the Transitional Cabinet of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, during the 2019 Sudanese transition to democracy. Other women leaders of Sudan during the transitional period include Chief Justice Nemat Abdullah Khair, and Sovereignty Council members Aisha Musa el-Said and Raja Nicola.

References
  1. "FFC, Hamdok reach deal on Sudan's transitional cabinet". Sudan Tribune. 4 September 2019. Archived from the original on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  2. Hellesund, Dag (5 July 2019). "På forskningsopphold i Bergen: Litt mer optimist før hjemreise til Sudan" [On a research visit to Bergen: A little more optimistic before returning to Sudan]. Khrono (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 6 September 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  3. Ahmed, Abdul Rahman Ali; Ahmed, Salah eldin Mohamed; Soughayroun, Intisar el-Zein; Håland, Randi (20 May 2015). "Researching and managing the archaeological past in Sudan". Chr. Michelsen Institute. Archived from the original on 6 September 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  4. "Prime Minister Hamdouk presents new Sudanese government". Radio Dabanga. 6 September 2019. Archived from the original on 6 September 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  5. Henrihafsakos (20 May 2015). "Sudan Week in Bergen, Day 2: Cultural heritage: The politics of remembering, redefining, and forgetting the meaning of past cultural products". Archived from the original on 6 September 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  6. "Hamdok delays formation of Sudan's transitional government". Sudan Tribune. 29 August 2019. Archived from the original on 29 August 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
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