Publisher and Author

The author Ellen Ismail graduated in African Anthropology and English Literature
at the University of Cologne and has a Doctorate in Cultural Anthropology. She has
lived and worked for over 20 years in the Sudan, was a lecturer at the University of
Khartoum, and was a consultant for national and international development
organisations. She has also worked on a voluntary basis for many years on projects
addressing the needs and rights of Sudanese women and children.

Ellen Ismail is married to El Mahi Ismail, an ethnomusicologist and journalist. They
have three adult children and six grandchildren. The family lives in Germany, Sudan
and the UK. Ellen Ismail currently lives in Germany, where she continues to work as
a journalist, author and tutor. She regularly visits the Sudan.

Aisha at home in Omdurman