Sudan Archive

A free, open digital archive of Sudanese history — books, documents, and records, preserved and searchable in Arabic and English.

1,630 works catalogued391 readable here, free23,708 pages of searchable text

Painted panorama of Sudan at dusk: Suakin on the Red Sea, the Nuba hills, the Nile with a dhow and a domed qubba, the Darfur highlands, and the pyramids of Meroë — One country, many homelandsFrom the Red Sea coast and the Nuba hills to the two Niles, Darfur's highlands and the pyramids of the north — the archive belongs to all of them.

What is this?

A community digital library preserving Sudan’s written history — free, open, and bilingual. We host only public-domain and openly licensed works; every book carries its source and its licence. Works we cannot lawfully host are catalogued and linked to where they live.

How to use it

Follow the river — pick an era along the Nile timeline to open its shelf of books.
Search — one box looks through titles, authors, and the full text of every page.
Read — open any book page by page in your browser, free, or download the original scan.