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Born in Souq Al Anagreeb ,Omdurman ,Sudan on the 21st of June 1934 as the second child of Sheikh Abushama Abdelmahmoud and Sit AlKul Hamad AlBregdar. He was the fifth son, seventh child to his father .To his mother he was the only son amongst 5 girls. He was born in the house of his grandmother Laila AlBagdadi .Sheikh Abushama the ex-Mufti of the Sudan and one of the most prominent Sheikhs of Islamic scientists and the man who single handedly moved the precursor of the Islamic university into the twentieth century. Abdelmahmoud (or as his father called him Fadlallah ) childhood was spent with his maternal cousins Hashim and Mamoun Albereir and his paternal cousins in their village Alsurorab His passion for the classic Arabic Language led him to an interest in politics. In contrast to his brother TagelDeen who was an Member of parliament for the opposing party Abdelmahmoud joined Al Oma party. While still in high school he was voted to be the head of the youth of Hizb El Oma. Having completed his high school diploma he went to work for Radio Omdurman. Talent scouts from thee BBC Arabic section in Bush house recruited him in the mid 1950's. He trained and worked in the BBC for almost four years before moving to Radio Hilversum Arabic section in Holland. There he met his wife Anna Maria Rademaker Abushama and got married on 3.9.1959. They lived in Holland until 1964 when they became the parents of their only child Mandy Diana and travelled back to the Sudan. The Sudan that was in the midst of an industrial revolution introduced by the late president Abboud. There AbdelMahmoud established the first African Pencil factory and later a clothes hanger factory. He worked very hard for the next ten years against all odds. In the mid 1970's he decided to become a businessman and opened a large store in Omdurman as well as becoming the last elected head of importers of building materials. Fifteen years later that came to an end with yet another change in Government and he decided to retire to his passion of writing a book he was collecting data for during his years as a reporter in Europe. He completed "from Abba to Taslahai" a thesis on the first five years of political Mahdism in the Sudan. This is now considered the main reference on the era by both military and history students. A few years later on the occasion of Saint Comboni 's centenary he responded to a request by the Catholic Church and wrote a book named "Christianity in the Sudan ".