Ala Kheir

During summer holidays, he spent frequent visits in Nyala and as a photographer, he later took pictures of people's lives in the Marrah Mountains region.

[3] This network brings together African platforms active in photography education, where the members "exchange ideas and teaching methodologies and also learn as trainers.

The exhibition of 2016 presented the collective results of a workshop called Modern Times, conducted the year before by photographers Michelle Lukidis from South Africa and André Lützen from Germany.

"[6][7] While engaged in an online conversation in October 2022 with Durham University Library Special Collections and the Photography Legacy Project (PLP), Kheir was arrested and harassed by Sudanese security police, presumably because he was suspected to be involved in citizens' protests.

After the outbreak of the war between the opposing military groups, food, water and electricity became scarce, and Kheir found himself threatened by soldiers who looked “more terrifying than the dead bodies” in the streets of the Khartoum region.

It is definitely a strong means to educate the public about our immediate environment.Kheir's photographs have been published by The Guardian, Brownbook magazine in Dubai, and the World Architecture Community.

[17] During the 2023 Sudan conflict, The Guardian published a feature article in their series "My best Shot" on one of Kheir's pictures of Khartoum and his personal approach to photography.