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New York City Pride as seen by Ahmed Umar

#SudanRevolts

Ahmed Umar

The 30th of June was a day in New York City with two important marches for me. The Pride march, and a march for supporting the grand march in Sudan to protest against the military regime that is massacring civilians in an attempt to take the power.

I chose the Pride parade. It’s the biggest protest and celebration I like to take part in. I chose to bring the voice of the revolution to this crowd, wearing an androgynous Sudanese outfit and carrying a sign saying:

All Beautiful Things Start as a Revolution #SudanUprising.

It was an incredible day. The amount of love, hugs, pride… was beyond description.

Ahmed Umar
Ahmed Umar is a Sudanese Norwegian contemporary cross-disciplinary artist. His works recreate a narrative of his own life story utilising various techniques such as sculpture, printmaking, painting and performance. In his attempt to resolve the contradictions of living in a distant and secular place, Umar mobilises these methods to explore the complex relationship between identity, authority, sexuality, depression and art. His work is charged with social critique, a sense of directness, Arabic calligraphy and a hint of his Nubian visual heritage.
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