Suad Ibrahim Ahmed

Suad Ibrahim Ahmed (May 30, 1935 – December 29, 2013)

Political activism After graduation, Ahmed moved to Wadi Halfa, working in the government's Statistics department. During this time period, construction work was starting on the Aswan Dam on River Nile, which would submerge Wadi Halfa, forcing the local Nubian population to relocate. This caused unrest in the area, which Ahmed joined. She was fired from her government job as a result. Her lifelong advocacy for the rights of Nubian people in face of displacement due to construction of dams led to her being referred to as 'Mother of the Nubians'

In 1967, Ahmed was one of four women to be elected to the 33 member Central Committee of the Sudanese Communist Party, along with Mahasin Abd al-Aal, Naima Babiker al-Rayah and Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim.