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Hana Baba

Hana Baba is a reporter and Co-Host of Crosscurrents, a daily radio newsmagazine that broadcasts on KALW Public Radio in the San Francisco Bay Area. 
Sudan archives preserves music from across the decades and continents
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Sudanese American children feel impact of war in Sudan
Sudanese American doctor killed in Khartoum
This comedian describes herself as ‘half Mexican, half white and 100% Muslim’
Sudanese diaspora and youth response 
Screenshot of a video of Sudanese male singers.
Music
Sudan Tapes Archive preserves music across decades and continents
Two young women hold Sudanese flag posters.
Global Politics
How Sudan’s uprising is inspiring a generation of Sudanese American teens
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Global Politics
Trump’s immigration order forces complicated calculations for some Sudanese immigrants
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Education
Honor your partner: The world record this school in California hopes to break
A group of women on a bus, with drums, singing
Culture
A field trip in California takes kids and parents all the way back to Sudan — on a bus
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Food
How one shop in California puts an Afghan twist on Thanksgiving
Mohamed Awad Elhassan hopes to introduce his daughter, Sameira, to STEM fields when she's older, but wonders what kind of stereotypes she'll face because of her name and appearance.
Technology
Sudanese American parents look at Ahmed Mohamed and think of their own kids
Mortada Mansour in 2012 after he announced his candidacy for Egyptian president.
Media
In Egypt, a soccer team owner’s racist comment leads to online protests
During Sunday worship at St. Antonius Coptic Church in Hayward, California, women sit on one side of the church, and men on the other.
Belief
In California, praying in a language rooted in ancient Egypt
Lifestyle & Belief
Not all Muslims agree on Ramadan’s start and end date
Lifestyle & Belief
Sudan’s pride is a soda that tastes like, well, whatever you think it tastes like
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Lifestyle & Belief
A Sudanese smoke bath detoxifies the skin and brings back memories
Sumaya Albgal, the daughter of immigrants from Yemen, is a student at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.
Development & Education
A daughter of immigrants tests how far a Yemeni woman can go
A rally for Sudan held in San Francisco.
Conflict & Justice
Online videos showed violent clashes in Sudan one street over from my parents’ house
Health & Medicine
Global Images of Beauty Push Sudan Women to the Gym
Arts, Culture & Media
Singing the Song of the Nubian Diaspora
Conflict & Justice
Arabic immersion school teams up with FBI
Global Politics
Treating mental illness in Sudan
Conflict & Justice
Developing Sudan’s Tuti Island