She was believed to be a horsewoman who was good at riding and handling horses and lived west of the White Nile (now Fatasha) with her father and four brothers.

Her father was a "Hambati" meaning a bandit, blocking the way of convoys coming from the other side, and Fatima was participating in these robberies and plundering operations.

Among them is Prince Al-Faki Dafallah Balalakla Al-Qatii, who mobilized the Kalakla tribe in the field of jihad to support the Mahdist state.

Sheikh Al-Nazir Mosque and its retreat became an institute that included more than 30 students from outside Kalakla, especially from the regions of Al-Jazira and the White Nile in central and northern Sudan.

[3] The youth and notables of Kalakla became members of the Omdurman Graduates Conference, which called for the right to self-determination and Sudan’s independence from dual rule.

[3] During 2019–2022 Sudanese protests, on May 29 security forces attacked a demonstration in Kalakla neighbourhood of Khartoum with tear gas and bullets.

[10][11] During the war, in July, Kalakla Al-Qubba area witnessed widespread violations by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), and cases of killing, looting, and rape were recorded.

[13] In the same month, at least 20 people, including two children, were killed in a Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) airstrike on the Kalakla al-Qubba neighbourhood in south-west Khartoum.