When war broke out in Sudan in April 2023, Dr. Fairouz El Hijzi had to flee her home with her family. Two months later, as a hastily-appointed interim dean of architecture, she faced an impossible choice: give up on her students' futures or attempt to resume classes in the middle of the worst humanitarian crisis in modern history. This is the story of what happened when she and her students decided to keep hope alive and build a new future for Sudan in the midst of the destruction all around them.---EPISODE CREDITS:Reported by Yassmin Abdel-Magied.Produced by Taqwa Sadiq.Edited by Sarah Qari.Original music, sound design, and engineering by Alexander Overington.Fact checking by Heba Elorbany.English translations voiced by Wa’ad Abu Obeida, Lina Altayib, and Hazim Ali.Special thanks to Ahmed Adm, Prof. Eisa Bashier Mohamad, Muhammad Fathallah, Hafsa Omar, Rawia Farog Khater Muhammad, Lubna Ahmed Hussein, and all the students and teachers who shared their stories.---This season of More Muslim is powered by Al Mujadilah, a center and mosque for women in Qatar. If you liked our show, please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. A transcript of this episode will be available shortly on our website.More about our show at moremuslim.org.---Further reading:Amidst war & displacement in Sudan, my aunt won't stop educating | Yassmin Abdel-Magied, The New ArabLearn more about the ongoing crisis in Sudan at Keep Eyes On Sudan.