Away Quote by Mo Ibrahim

I only lived in Sudan until I was four years, so I cannot really relate to that. It is just a different lifestyle.

— Luol Deng

Being from the Sudan, there is a lot of stuff going on in Sudan, so I try to do a lot there with my…

— Luol Deng

Leaving southern Sudan as a child was terrifying. It was 1985, and my family and I were trying to escape to Khartoum, the capital…

— Alek Wek

I grew up in southern Sudan, one of nine children. Our life was simple but very happy.

— Alek Wek

I grew up in Sudan and Kenya, and lived in both the rural and urban centers of both countries throughout my life.

— Erik Hersman

For sure I see so much in Sudan that is wonderful, normal life - young entrepreneurs starting up NGO projects, kids mucking around and…

— Rebecca Hamilton

Sudan, I've come to discover, is a country which, once it gets hold of you, does not let go.

— Eric Reeves

I grew up in a small town in Sudan. There weren't many cars, so we did things in the countryside near where we lived.

— Alek Wek

It's a small world when you're from South Sudan.

— Alek Wek

When I was 10 years old, I fled my homeland amid the bomb blasts of civil war in Sudan.

— Alek Wek

Despite very harsh living conditions and the trauma of what they went through, they [Sudanese refugees] had a lot of dignity

— Julien Clerc

I'm from South Sudan, that is where my heart will always be.

— Thon Maker