In her work, she has placed a special focus on images of women and girls, as well as on the social and ethnic diversity in Sudan.

"[2] In October 2018, Amateur Photographer magazine published an article about Alsheikh's pictures of modern Sudan.

As an example for her documenting special events and celebrations in Sudan, the article mentions her photographs of popular Sufi rituals in Omdurman, part of greater Khartoum.

[1] During the Sudanese revolution of 2018/19, BBC News published her pictures of demonstrators calling for former president Omar al-Bashir and his government to resign.

[3] In 2019, the French newspaper Le Monde published her photo in a story about Eritrean refugees in Khartoum.