151:(who later became Bishop of Khartoum) for help and the Coptic Girls School was opened in 1902 but changed its name to the Church Missionary Society Khartoum Girls School in 1903. In 1928 the Church Missionary Society school closed and the land reverted to Bishop Gwynne who with the support of four local Christian communities and the financial help of Christian merchants, then opened the Unity High School for Girls.
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The principal before 2008 was Dr Marina
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An Old Girls
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On 25 November 2007 the school came to international attention when one of its teachers was arrested by
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