Named for the Kandakas — the warrior queens of ancient Nubia — this site brings their spirit of clarity and resolve to today's questions about Sudan. Articles and analysis on the country's economy and development, alongside reflections on its past, culture, and the people who shape its future.
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Sudan should rebuild its Family and Child Protection Units as one part of a survivor-centred system linking police, health, social services and independent oversight.
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Darfur’s governor says most reported victims of the North Wadi bombing came from Darfur, as... The post Minawi urges restraint as …
15 October 2026 The Egyptian military conducted at least five air strikes using US-made F-16 fighter jets on Saturday targeting …
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وجهت لجنة تنسيق شؤون أمن محلية الخرطوم بضبط المظاهر العسكرية في الأسواق وحظر حمل السلاح، باستثناء المكلفين بتأمين المواقع، وذلك …
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Digital reading selections
Nile Bookstore is separate from Kandaka’s editorial work. These clearly identified links are promotional.
Searchable Arabic EPUB editions of literature, history, philosophy and rare works, prepared for comfortable right-to-left reading.
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Digitally preserved public-domain adventures, mysteries and superheroes with generous page previews.
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Illustrated stories and restored comics presented for Arabic readers in accessible digital editions.
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Weekly artwork selections — New additions are scheduled each Saturday, prioritizing Sudanese artists, with creator credits and source links.
A curated companion to the photo stream: contemporary and historical art, photography, crafts, posters and book arts, with Sudan first and room for the wider world.
Image unavailable — view artwork at the source ↗Contemporary photography · Sudan
Ola Alsheikh · 2016
A photographic work documenting Mawlid celebrations in Omdurman, Sudan, on 5 December 2016.
View artwork & source ↗ Wikimedia Commons · Photograph by Ola A. Alsheikh · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Unmodified
Image unavailable — view artwork at the source ↗Historical painting · Sudan / Nubia
Painter unrecorded · Historical painting; photograph published 2005
A Nubian church painting photographed at the museum in Khartoum. The descriptive title identifies the scene from Daniel 3; the record does not name the original painter or date the artwork.
View artwork & source ↗ Wikimedia Commons · Photograph by Ibrahim Omer / ancientsudan.org · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Unmodified
Image unavailable — view artwork at the source ↗Crafts · Sudan / Nubia
Maker unrecorded · 1st–3rd century
Meroitic pottery from Faras, Sudan. The museum record identifies no individual maker.
View artwork & source ↗ The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Public domain · Met Open AccessIkhlas Abdllatief; Faïza Drici; Rennan Lemos · 2026
This project report presents the Sudan Virtual Museum, developed through Sudanese and international …
View sourceWłodzimierz Godlewski · 2019
Material culture study of medieval Nubian social transformation from 13th-17th century Dongola.
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A household survey of food security and poverty among rainfed-farming communities in North Kordofan State.
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