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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7 November 2026 Since October, an unprecedented number of drone strikes – almost exclusively targeting civilian infrastructure – …
Fewer than 1 million of the 15.4 million people in need emergency shelter in Sudan have received assistance.
أثار الظهور ردود فعل سياسية وقانونية واسعة، بالنظر إلى أن هارون مطلوب للمحكمة الجنائية الدولية منذ عام 2007، على خلفية اتهامات …
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زراعةفي شهر سبتمبر أثرت ظروف الجفاف الشديد علي ما يصل إلى 55% من الأراضي الزراعية في ولاية سنار و 70% في ولاية القضارف
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Nile Book Store is separate from Kandaka’s editorial work. These promotional book selections rotate daily at 00:00 UTC and repeat.
English · Illustrated EPUB
Frédéric Cailliaud’s account of exploration in Sudan and the Nile region.
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Arabic · EPUB
Essays by Malak Hifni Nasif on education and women’s place in society.
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English · Comic (CBZ)
The 1940 science-fiction anthology from Fiction House.
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English · EPUB
George Melly’s historical travel account of Khartoum and the Niles.
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Arabic · EPUB
Mahmoud Taher Haqqi’s historical novel, presented in Arabic.
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English · Comic (CBZ)
The first issue of the Golden Age superhero comic.
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English · Illustrated EPUB
Cailliaud’s atlas of the Nile, Nubia and Sennar.
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Arabic · EPUB
Zaynab Fawwaz’s collection of women’s biographies.
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English · EPUB + audiobook
Arthur Ransome’s adventure, with an unabridged audiobook.
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English · Illustrated EPUB
John Garstang’s illustrated account of the ancient city.
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Arabic · EPUB
Naum Shuqair’s historical and geographical study of Sudan.
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Arabic · EPUB
Bram Stoker’s Gothic novel in an Arabic edition.
View this book →New photographs are discovered daily; additions are reviewed weekly before publication in Arabic and English. Photo dates appear in titles and captions; historical images do not show current conditions.
The courthouse in Omdurman, Sudan, photographed in November 2014 according to the source record. The precise day is uncertain: the catalogue gives 24 November, while embedded image metadata gives 26 November. The source credits Noory Taha and identifies the photograph as the uploader’s own work. This unmodified historical image does not establish the building’s current condition or public access.
Noory Taha (credited by the source) · CC BY-SA 4.0 Wikimedia Commons
The catalogue identifies this street view as Omdurman’s main mosque. Its brick façade and minaret face a street used by pedestrians and animals. Matson Photo Service; Library of Congress, dated [1936]. The date is approximate. This historical image does not describe current conditions. The Library records no known restrictions on publication; that is not a declaration of public-domain status.
Matson Photo Service / Library of Congress · No known restrictions on publication Library of Congress
The full source page identifies B. N. Chagny as photographer and dates the aerial view to 2001. This is an annotated derivative: most of the scene has been darkened to highlight the structure labelled N5 by the source. It is not an unaltered documentary image. The source’s owner credit is retained as written; no new historical identification is inferred.
B. N. Chagny; source owner credit: Francis Geius / SFDAS mission; annotated derivative uploaded by Sven-steffen arndt · CC BY-SA 1.0 Wikimedia CommonsWeekly 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 ↗Metalwork · Sudan / Nubia
Maker unrecorded · 270 BCE–320 CE
This Meroitic copper-alloy bowl was excavated at Faras in Sudan, Cemetery 1, Grave 975. The museum records a diameter of 10.1 cm and height of 6.2 cm; its maker is unrecorded. The object number distinguishes it from the other Faras bowl in this collection.
View artwork & source ↗ The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Gift of Oxford University Expedition to Nubia, 1926 · Object 26.4.108 · Public domain · Met Open Access · Unmodified
Image unavailable — view artwork at the source ↗Metalwork · Sudan / Nubia
Maker unrecorded · 270 BCE–320 CE
Copper-alloy vessel from Faras, Sudan. Individual maker unrecorded.
View artwork & source ↗ The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Public domain · Met Open Access
Image unavailable — view artwork at the source ↗Historical wall painting · Sudan / Nubia
Painter unrecorded (Faras) · 1005–1036
Tempera on plaster from Faras, now in the National Museum in Warsaw. The source dates the painting to 1005–1036; this is the artwork date, not the photograph date. The individual painter is unrecorded.
View artwork & source ↗ National Museum in Warsaw · Photograph uploaded by Vert, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Unmodified reproductionSolange Ashby · 2016
Study of the cult of Isis in Nubia and its persistence long after the Christianization of the Nile Valley.
Download thesis PDF (2016)Grace Gershuny; Deborah, L. Martin
Study of the Meroitic royal palace complex and the architectural expression of centralized royal authority.
File unavailableAlan Pearce
Study of military, diplomatic, and commercial relations between the Roman Empire and the Meroitic Kingdom of …
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