Abdullah al-Tayeb (1921-2003) was one of the first generation who left Sudan to receive his education in London. The second world, represented by the magic of the East and the tales of the Thousand and One Nights, there began the story and in Sudan was the conclusion of a love story that does not repeat.

The Sudanese scholar Abdullah Tayeb artist and anthropologist Grizzelda Tayeb. Their first meeting was after the war at the University of London in 1945.