World He Ran Sudan’s Iconic Acropole Hotel. Then He Had to Flee Khartoum. June 16, 2023June 16, 2023Matina Stevis-GridneffComments Off on He Ran Sudan’s Iconic Acropole Hotel. Then He Had to Flee Khartoum. Thanasis Pagoulatos led the family business, Khartoum’s oldest inn, through decades of tumult. Sudan’s latest breakdown proved too much.