Dua Saleh is an American-Sudanese actor who belongs to the Tunjur ethnicity of Sudan and follows Islam religion. They were born in Kassala, Sudan, to the Tunjur heritage who are originally from Chad/Darfur.
The artist is Muslim but they once shared that they are not really religious and Ramadan is complicated for them. But the day before the Ramadan, they retweeted a clip of a five-times-daily call to prayer that was being broadcast from the roof of a local mosque.
They also woke up early to have the pre-dawn meal that is eaten before the fasting begins but they said that they tried to pray but their body did not feel like it.
They had a tough childhood because their family fled from the country because of the civil war when they were five years old. The family landed up in the United States, and after moving to different places they finally settled down in St.Paul’s neighborhood Rhonda.
The Muslim artist completed their high school study at Saint Paul Central High School. After finishing high school education, they joined Augsburg University and earned a double degree with a major in gender, women’s and sexuality studies and sociology in 2017.
