Description: (Writer)
Malkat al-Dar Mohamed Abdullah was a Sudanese literary writer, educator, and women's rights activist. Her novel, "Al-Faragh al-'arid" (The Wide Void), written in the 1950s, is recognized as the first Sudanese novel in the style of social realism. She was hailed by Sudanese literary critic Lemya Shammat as a trailblazer of the literary feminist renaissance. Throughout her career, Malkat al-Dar Mohamed focused on advancing women's rights and driving social change through her writing and educational endeavors.