Azhari Mohamed Ali

Azhari Mohamed Ali (Arabic: أزهري محمد علي; born 19 November 1954), is a Sudanese poet and activist.

[1] Ali was born on 19 November 1954 in the village of Al-Makniyah, El Matamma [ar], River Nile State.

[2] He lost his parents when he was only four years old, and started his life as a worker in the textile factory in Al-Hasaheisa [ar]; then formed a duet with Mustafa Sayed Ahmed and Wad Al-Maqboul.

[4] A line from his poem was recited by the Alaa Salah, “The bullet doesn’t kill.

[7] According to Ali, the police chocked him with a flag he was carrying, beaten him with hands and batons, tore his clothes while shouting a torrent of hurtful and obscene phrases.