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  El Obied Hitting the Sack Sat 15 Jan 2005  

Crop market sacks with string
Crop market sacks with string
It is high time to find out what the Wholesale Crop Market actually has to offer. Off course I take my camera and time my visit to catch the late afternoon light. The answer in terms of crop is Sudanese ful (peanuts), watermelon seeds, sim-sim (sesame), karkaday (hibiscus), and a raw material called Selamaka.

Gum Arabic is conspicuous by its absence. It's one of Sudan's biggest agricultural exports - and El Obied is the biggest market, in fact it is known is some quarters as "Gum City".

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