Mahitab Mahgoub

Mahitab Mahgoub is a Nonresident Fellow at TIMEP focusing on women, economy, and conflict in Sudan. She is a Sudanese feminist programs and advocacy professional with over a decade of experience working at the intersection of gender justice, governance, and socioeconomic rights. She has contributed to various high-level policy initiatives collaborating with governments, multilateral organizations, feminist coalitions, and academic networks. Currently, she works on Gender Equitable and Transformative Social Policies in the Africa project at SOAS University of London, where she continues to champion feminist policy agendas. Mahitab holds a Master’s in International Political Economy from King’s College London and a Master’s degree in Public Administration from the Central European University.

Articles by: Mahitab Mahgoub

Returning to Sudan: Everything Changed Yet Remained Exactly the Same

TIMEP nonresident fellow Mahitab Mahgoub returned for the first time to Sudan, almost three years after having left because of the war, and recounts her visit.

The Converging Threats of Climate Change and War in Sudan 

Environmental disasters affected hundreds of thousands of people in Sudan in 2025, and will only worsen in the coming years, with parts of the country at risk of becoming uninhabitable.

Rebuilding Khartoum: The Same Old Tale of Power and Exclusion

Rebuilding Khartoum into what, for whom, and at whose expense? This is the central question that must guide how we assess the de facto government’s policies and actions toward the capital.