The Heritage We Make | Zainab Gaafar | Almas Art Foundation: The Heritage We Make, a discussion with Zainab Gaafar and Q&A on the cultural preservation of Sudan.

Almas Art Foundation was honnored to host Zainab Gaafar for a talk and Q&A called The Heritage We Make. The event was an invitation to reflect on the space we create for heritage within the diaspora or within global Sudanism, the new meanings we form every day, and the places we choose to hold and honour. Using the themes of
the Living Heritage Museum as a starting point, this interactive session will explore meaning-making, the relevance of heritage in our lives today, and the dynamics of power embedded within it.

Zainab Gaafar is an architect and project manager specialising in research and design. She is the founder of Studio Urban, a Khartoum-based research studio that explores urban studies at the intersection of culture and knowledge accessibility. The studio produces multimedia content and integrates community engagement tools into its research methodologies. In recent years, Zainab has shifted her focus toward heritage projects, namely serving as curator and exhibition designer for Safeguarding Sudan’s Living Heritage (2023–2025), and leads the development of the SSLH museum. Her work investigates critical questions around the role of museums during times of conflict and the importance of preserving heritage beyond institutional frameworks