{"id":2796,"date":"2023-10-05T18:31:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T14:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/khartoum\/en\/?p=2796"},"modified":"2024-07-30T14:52:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T12:52:01","slug":"khartoums-most-prized-possessions-unity-high-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/khartoum\/en\/latest\/khartoums-most-prized-possessions-unity-high-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Khartoum’s Most Prized Possessions: UNITY HIGH SCHOOL"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Ashraqat Asmaa Ahmed<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n Unity High School was founded in 1902 by Bishop Llewellyn Henry Gwynne and the Coptic church from Egypt. Unity began as an all-girls school which was a new and not entirely desired concept in Sudan!<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n A teacher from Lebanon was brought to teach the students, kicking off the School\u2019s legendary history \u2013 by 1904, Mrs Bewley was quick to recognise the potential of Unity and proposed some amendments that greatly enhanced the school\u2019s reputation. Thanks to her efforts, in the same year, Unity surpassed its academic, sports, and extracurricular activity expectations and won several awards in Khartoum\u2019s annual exhibitions.<\/p>\n At this stage, the school councillors sought it fitting to assign Sergeant Seabright the task of building the school\u2019s very own building (now known as the Old Hall).<\/strong><\/p>\n By 1927, Unity introduced its secondary school plans and added a variety of new subjects to the curriculum such as Geography and History.<\/p>\n School textbooks were printed in England and promoted cultural blending and fostering Unity between the two nations.<\/em><\/p>\n The Cambridge examining board, IGCSEs, was put together by as early as 1937!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n By 1949, UHS had a diverse student body consisting of female students from nine different nationalities, including Kenya, Uganda, Egypt, and Ethiopia.<\/p>\n Soon enough, Unity was known as the leading international school in Sudan.<\/p>\n Jewish student Margo, top left, with her Greek, Armenian, Sudanese, and Egyptian classmates, and British faculty, in a 1948 graduation photo from the Unity High School she attended in Khartoum.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udcf7Tales of Jewish Sudan pic.twitter.com\/kJQf36fVut<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Middle East & North Africa Visuals (@menavisualss) December 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n