Wad Medani

Wad Madani has a hot arid climate (Köppen climate classification BWh), despite receiving over 13 inches or 330 millimetres of rain per year, owing to the exceedingly high potential evapotranspiration.

In an article about the rise and decline of cinema in the city of Wad Madani, the popularity of "going to the movies" was explained in terms of its importance for public cultural life, providing a "fresh breath of freedom in light of the country’s independence." For many urban dwellers, movie shows were the only public forms of entertainment at the time. This applied both to educated and less educated people, as well as to women and girls, who were admitted as families in the company of their male relatives. In a provincial town like Wad Madani, film shows started in the early 1950s in the form of mobile cinemas. This type of film show was presented in different neighbourhoods by the Ministry of Information by means of automobiles that could provide for a screen and a projector, managed by a specialised projectionist. …

Two trans-African automobile routes pass through Wad Medani: Cairo-Cape Town Highway Ndjamena-Djibouti Highway

Nasra bint ʿAdlan, noblewoman Amin Mekki Medani, human rights lawyer Farouk Abu Issa, lawyer and politician Alexander Siddig, British actor of Sudanese origin Abdel Aziz El Mubarak, singer and band leader Ibrahim Al Kashif, singer-songwriter Rashid Diab, artist Mohammed al Amin, singer