From this humble beginning, the Badri family has nurtured private education in Sudan for over three generations. Babiker's son, Yusuf, carried on his father's work, and in 1966 established the Ahfad University College for Women in Omdurman across the Nile from Khartoum and near the site of the battle in which Babiker had fought as a young Sudanese soldier. Begun with only 23 students and a faculty of three, including Yusuf, Ahfad now has an enrollment of over 5,000 students. From the site of an original mud-brick boy's school, Ahfad has spread to an adjacent area and is now occupying a modern, new campus.By the time he died in 1954, Babiker was widely hailed as an educational pioneer in Sudan and accorded the honor of being addressed as Sheik Babiker. Professor Yusuf Bedri, who died in 1995, was recognized as well as a pioneer in the education of women in Sudan. His son, Dr. Gasim Badri, has continued to expand Ahfad's curriculum and innovations in teaching.
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