Graduates’ General Congress

…al-Azharī became president of the Graduates’ General Congress in 1940. At first the Congress was concerned primarily with educational and social reforms, but it later opposed British administration of the Sudan and instead supported the Sudan’s union with Egypt. In 1943, following a split within the Congress, al-Azharī organized the…

…express their grievances through the Graduates’ General Congress, which had been established as an alumni association of Gordon Memorial College and soon embraced all educated Sudanese.