Hana Baba

Hana Baba is a reporter and Co-Host of Crosscurrents, a daily radio newsmagazine that broadcasts on KALW Public Radio in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Hana Baba is a reporter and Co-Host of Crosscurrents, a daily radio newsmagazine that broadcasts on KALW Public Radio in the San Francisco Bay Area. 

Two young women hold Sudanese flag posters.

How Sudan’s uprising is inspiring a generation of Sudanese American teens

Sudan's uprising has inspired a new generation of Sudanese American youth to get politically engaged with their motherland for the first time. Many of their parents migrated to the US years ago to flee the rule of Omar al-Bashir — and protesters are now demanding he step aside.

How Sudan’s uprising is inspiring a generation of Sudanese American teens
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Trump's immigration order forces complicated calculations for some Sudanese immigrants

Trump's immigration order forces complicated calculations for some Sudanese immigrants
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Honor your partner: The world record this school in California hopes to break

Honor your partner: The world record this school in California hopes to break
A group of women on a bus, with drums, singing

A field trip in California takes kids and parents all the way back to Sudan — on a bus

A field trip in California takes kids and parents all the way back to Sudan — on a bus
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How one shop in California puts an Afghan twist on Thanksgiving

How one shop in California puts an Afghan twist on Thanksgiving
Mohamed Awad Elhassan hopes to introduce his daughter, Sameira, to STEM fields when she's older, but wonders what kind of stereotypes she'll face because of her name and appearance.

Sudanese American parents look at Ahmed Mohamed and think of their own kids

After a Sudanese American teenager was arrested and detained in Texas for bringing a homemade digital clock to school, Sudanese American parents wonder what Ahmed Mohamed's story means for their kids growing up in the US.

Sudanese American parents look at Ahmed Mohamed and think of their own kids
Mortada Mansour in 2012 after he announced his candidacy for Egyptian president.

In Egypt, a soccer team owner's racist comment leads to online protests

An Egyptian soccer team owner who called a darker-skinned player a "doorman," among other things, in a live TV call-in show, has sparked protests among Egyptian Nubians and a Facebook campaign.

In Egypt, a soccer team owner's racist comment leads to online protests
During Sunday worship at St. Antonius Coptic Church in Hayward, California, women sit on one side of the church, and men on the other.

In California, praying in a language rooted in ancient Egypt

Coptic Christians are a minority in their ancient home of Egypt — and they're an even bigger minority when they come to the US. So a church in Hayward, California has become a haven for preserving their culture, and ancient language, in a new home.

In California, praying in a language rooted in ancient Egypt
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Not all Muslims agree on Ramadan's start and end date

Some Muslims look to the night sky for signs indicating the start and end of Ramadan. Others look to astronomical calculations for an answer. Reporter Hana Baba says the two methods peaceably coexist.

Not all Muslims agree on Ramadan's start and end date

Sudan's pride is a soda that tastes like, well, whatever you think it tastes like

When people immigrate to the US, they not only leave behind family and friends, they leave behind the sights, scents and flavors of home. Reporter Hana Baba went back to Sudan to find her favorite soda, unmatched by any in the US.

Sudan's pride is a soda that tastes like, well, whatever you think it tastes like
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A Sudanese smoke bath detoxifies the skin and brings back memories

Dukhan is a traditional Sudanese smoke bath women perform to get glowing, perfumed skin. But it's not easy to create the same smoke bath structure here in the US, though some Sudanese immigrants are creating their own make-shift dukhan baths.

A Sudanese smoke bath detoxifies the skin and brings back memories
Sumaya Albgal, the daughter of immigrants from Yemen, is a student at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.

A daughter of immigrants tests how far a Yemeni woman can go

A Yemeni woman, a student at the University of California, Berkeley, is trying to break cultural barriers — without breaking cultural ties important to her family.

A daughter of immigrants tests how far a Yemeni woman can go
A rally for Sudan held in San Francisco.

Online videos showed violent clashes in Sudan one street over from my parents' house

Thousands of Sudanese expats in the US are spending their days and nights online these days - getting little sleep, calling home multiple times a day, checking on the safety of their family and friends - hoping for good news.

Online videos showed violent clashes in Sudan one street over from my parents' house

Global Images of Beauty Push Sudan Women to the Gym

Sudan traditionally prized plumpness in women, but rising rates of diabetes, combined with global images of beauty, are convincing middle-class women in Khartoum to head to the gym to lose weight.

Global Images of Beauty Push Sudan Women to the Gym

Singing the Song of the Nubian Diaspora

Many of the sons, daughters and grandchildren of the displaced Nubian generation are scattered around the world. Recently, some told their cultural story at a Nubian arts revival in the US.

Singing the Song of the Nubian Diaspora