The occasions we've been part of
مناسبات جمعتنا
Cultural evenings under our own roof, tables set for the city's institutions, and one very good night at the Melkweg. A record of where Napata has been welcomed — and it is still being written.
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2022
Utrecht
Napata opens on Euclideslaan
The Netherlands' first and only Sudanese and Nubian kitchen opens in the space beneath Graduate Space, the creative workspace run by Nils de Witte — who put plates, cutlery and faith behind it when belief was the scarcest resource of all.
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Since 2022
Euclideslaan 60
Cultural evenings under our own roof
A full room, an oud, a keyboard, and a table long enough for everyone at it. The evenings that began as a way to gather the Sudanese community in the Netherlands are now a mix of people and cultures — which is, as our guests put it, exactly what makes it feel like home.
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2024
Melkweg, Amsterdam
Beste Nieuwkomer Spotlight Award
Winner in the Food category —
a celebration of culture and resilience
. Accepting it, Abdelrahman spoke of the Dutch table: already richly set with Ethiopian and Eritrean, Indonesian and Surinamese, Turkish and Moroccan. Now, finally, the Sudanese plate sits among them. Read the citation -
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Utrecht and beyond
Your occasion
Weddings, henna nights, Eid, conferences, opening evenings. Tell us the date and how many are coming, and we will build the table around it.
