And Jamal Bint Makaser, and the latter said about herself: My name is Jamal Bint Makaser My name is Gamal Abdel Nasser Inspector of Mecca and Manayer And we will also talk about her and her poetry, God willing. Among the women we talk about until they complete their university education is Mrs. Afaf Mohamed Ahmed Saeed from the Fungra area in Al-Hamadab West, who is the first doctor in the Al-Hamadab area, and she is also the first from the daughters of Al-Hamadab to enter the University of Khartoum, Faculty of Medicine. Her entry was in 1976, and after her came another generation of daughters of Al-Hamadab who entered the University of Khartoum, including Nadia Mohamed Hamad from Umm Douima, who entered the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Khartoum in 1984. c. Household items in Al-Hamadab: The house in Al-Hamadab was not large or spacious in the past. If a person got married, a single room was built for him and his bride to live in, and inside this veranda, they would place what is known as the "Kajra". The bride would sit in it until some of the groom's friends came to him.

* It is stated in the Dictionary of Sudanese Colloquial Dialect that the "Kajra" is a curtain that serves as a shelter for the bride or others. It is more than that; it is like a partition placed inside a room and made from palm fronds or palm leaves. It is covered with a cloth or is like that. In Nubian, "Kajura" means large decorated paper. The shelter of the "Kajra" is made, as we mentioned, from palm fronds or leaves. One of the Ribatab said: (He who sleeps in the Kajra is struck by the heat). And the poet Al-Sharifi said: And when the night comes, O Rabit Be sure to wake up early Catch the one with the head in the Sabit And I spent the night on the Kajra pole. See: Al-Sharif Al-Qadi: Dictionary of Sudanese Colloquial Dialect, op. cit., p. 155. Also Ahmed Osman Ibrahim, From the Poetry of the Shayqiyya, op. cit., p. 18.

* Fatiha Baker, about 80 years old, on Al-Hamadab Island, is a woman whose word is heard by men. * And Fatima Mohamed Ali and her sister Fatima Kalisa, about sixty years old, and the story of talking about her. Examples, or rather, this is far from the truth. The reality is that women in that land were raised under great oppression practiced against them in the corners of society. Women in those areas are subjected to something like psychological terrorism that says that women should give up their right to inherit from their fathers, and if they do not do so, it is considered a shame. She fears shame and goes against it, and fears lack of modesty, and therefore accepts this custom. And consequently, men claim that she has given up her right to inheritance, and it would have been better to grant her this right first, and then she could dispose of it as she pleased, but she never received this right, and she knew from a young age that she had no right to that land. This is a form of suffering for women in the land of Al-Hamadab and in the land of Al-Shayqiyya in general, but this may be weakening these days thanks to the spread of awareness and education. And as we said, women are given the right to cultivate their land. Therefore, they say (farming is a difficult task) and they plant these crops with beans, lupins, and corn. And women help in the agricultural process by preparing the bread, i.e., transporting it by air, and during the time of seeds and weeding the "Basim". Some virtuous ladies have become famous in the Al-Hamadab area, who support and help the children of Rayyin, and here they are with a audible voice. These ladies have great respect from the people of the organization, and some of them have become famous for reciting poetry and wisdom. Among these ladies are: Al-Hamadiyya, who was a sharp-tongued poet, critical and biting. And Misik Al-Yaman from the area of Jebel Qalqili. Misik Al-Yaman passed away in the sixties and was a poet and a woman of opinion. Among those who are still alive: * In the village in Sudan, the "Mughira" is a thick fish or a shelter, not what enters into a wedding or a raid, but the "Kajra" is part of Nubia, and from the Kili of the Arabs in Sudan, and it is still present in Sudan today. See: Al-Sharif Al-Qadi: Dictionary of Sudanese Colloquial Dialect, op. cit., p. 155. Also Ahmed Osman Ibrahim, From the Poetry of the Shayqiyya, op. cit., p. 18. - 67 -