Folktales from Sudan

See you in Season 3!

Izzayyakum! 👋🏾  This is Hana Baba host of Folktales from Sudan. 🙏🏽 Thank you SO much for listening to our stories- it means so much to us! We’ve been getting such great

Basma's Riddle

👸🏽 A Queen who is loved across the kingdom begins to wonder: are her people truly happy… or just afraid to speak honestly around her? 🤔 🧕🏾 One night, disguised as an ord

Bantar the Frog

🐸 Bantar the Frog was used to a lush life of swimming, relaxing, and doing exactly what she wanted. 💅 🦔 Then she met Hassaan the Hedgehog and they got married! 💕  🧹🍳 Bu

The Elixir of Life

🍯 The Elixir of Life  👑 A powerful king gets sick, and his three sons set off on an epic journey to find a cure. 🍯 They travel in search of the magic healing potion Iks

The Two Jackals

🦊 🦊 Two jackal cousins live completely different lives. 🏙️ One lives in a busy city filled with comfort and treats.. 🌵The other lives out in the harsh desert wilderness

Aziza the Princess Bride

👸🏽 Princess Aziza marries a prince chosen by her father, and leaves home to begin her new life in the prince's grand palace..  🚪 The palace has dozens of rooms-  al

The Magic Forest

🌳 A woodcutter discovers a forest filled with tall Baan trees and thinks, ‘I can be rich!’ 🪓 During the day, he cuts the trees down… but overnight, they mysteriously gro

The Friendship Test

🫅🏾 Everyone wants to be friends with the young Prince Mahmoud, and he really wants to find a good friend to play with.. ❓But how can he know who likes him only for his w

Makkar the Fox

🦊 Every night, a sly fox named Makkar sneaks into a farmer’s watermelon patch for a secret feast. 🍉 🧑🏾‍🌾 But when the farmer realizes his watermelons are missing, he dec

The Sultan's Secret

🤴🏽 A powerful Sultan has an embarrassing secret… 😳 One person knows the truth, but if he tells anyone- he could lose everything. So he needs to keep quiet. 🤐 For weeks,

Filayfla the Clever Girl

👧🏾 Everyone in the village loved Filayfla 💕 💡 She was fun, kind, and always full of clever ideas.  🤴🏽 But her uncle, the Sultan, was cruel and jealous.  When he challe

See you in Season 2!

Izzayyakum! 👋🏾  This is Hana Baba host of Folktales from Sudan. 🙏🏽 Thank you SO much for listening to our stories- it means so much to us! We’ve been getting such great

Akhdar Azaz fi Gizaz

✨ A father asks his three daughters what they want him to bring back, when he travels. 💎 💍  While the older two ask for jewels and fine things, Fatma never asks for anyt

Mariam & The Naughty Chicken

🐔 Mariam’s chicken is always getting into trouble!  🏠 One day, it flew over the fence and into the neighbor's house- the scariest house in the village that nobody g

Anjetu & Nijaima

🎭  Anjetu and Nijaima are two sisters who are very different. ☺️ Nijaima is kind, hardworking, and always ready to help others. 😠 Anjetu is selfish, lazy, and mean! Whe

Alhadeeya and the Village Girls

👩🏾 🌴 Alhadeeya is a kind girl who lives with her grandmother.  Every day after school, she goes straight home. But one day, some jealous village girls trick her into go

The Poor Woodcutter

🌳 👨🏽‍🦱 There was once a poor woodcutter who chopped wood in the forest every day for a living 👳🏽‍♂️ 🌟 One day, an old man gives him a magical gift , but he soon learns t

The Cats & The Mice

The Cats & the Mice 🐱🐭  Something’s brewing in the hosh- the yard... 🐱🐭  The cats are up to something, and the mice aren't sure whether to believe it or not.  Can

Fatna & The Ghoul

👨🏽‍🦱👩🏾 Fatna and her brother Mohamed live together in a house in the forest. 🎶  Every night after work, Mohamed sings a special song to let his sister Fatna know he’s ho

Kiret the Goat

🐐 Kiret the Goat 🐐 Kiret loves to play and explore, but she has one big problem—she never listens!  One day, after begging her big sister Almi'za Saneeya to join h