United States of the Sudan

The United States of the Sudan passport was presented in Cairo during the south Sudanese referendum vote. It initially explored the concepts of nationality and identity many Sudanese were struggling with as the country divided, and passports for the Sudan and new South Sudan were granted based on ethnic and religious criteria, rather than where, geographically, an individual might live.

 In the installation, the united states of the Sudan embassy in Cairo, Over 500 applicants were granted a passport with no application criteria, which permits travel anywhere. The lack of restrictions is intended to free individuals from the burden of having their identity and rights dictated by an unalterable document; or to alleviate the condition of the world’s 12 million stateless persons, who have no political identity or rights.