As a contributor to ARI Image Allies (AIA), this photographer has made her work available to support the visual representation of ARI’s research and policy outputs. We invite you to explore her work further and support her through her social media and professional platforms.

​Afra Osman is a Sudanese writer, researcher, and journalist specializing in narrative documentaries and community archiving. She currently serves as an “ARI Image Allies Contributing Photographer” with the Arab Reform Initiative and works with Shubra Archive on documenting local memory and oral history, To view Afra’s work on Instagram.

​Afra is dedicated to preserving communal identity through “alternative documentation,” blending rigorous research with visual aesthetics. Through her investigative projects, she highlights forgotten stories, acting as a vital link between parallel histories and contemporary reality through the power of words and photography.