# @degnerd on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BxBFbtKBP55
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/19210303-degnerd-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/d7ada68899.jpg
- **Posted:** 2019-05-03T22:21:16.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** David Degner (@degner) — https://gondola.cc/degner

## Caption

Awadiya Mahmoud hands out free tea to protesters in #Khartoum, #Sudan.  Awadiya started selling tea in 1983 and by 2013  she helped found 13 community groups for tea sellers and a union to organize them all.  The union worked together to fight police harassment, find homes for the women, and open a medical clinic.  She says there are around 26000 women in the union.⁣⁣
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⁣⁣The second photo is from 2016 when she won an award from the US foreign ministry.

## Stats

- **Views:** 0
- **Likes:** 210
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- **Comments:** 5

## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| David Degner | @degner | https://gondola.cc/degner | Photographer |

## Tags

khartoum, sudan

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