Aya Elsammani was born in Khartoum in 2001. She studied English Literature and Linguistics at the University of Khartoum and began working as a journalist in Sudan, first as a freelancer before joining the editorial team at Beam Reports in 2022. She moved to Berlin in 2024 as a fellow at Media in Cooperation and Transition (MiCT), where she curated and directed Our Collective Fragile Memory, a visual-textual exhibition and book, documenting experiences of war and displacement in Sudan. She now works as a freelance journalist, focusing on conflict, human rights and politics in Sudan and the wider region.
