 Beginning in approximately 1900, Jews from all over the Middle East and North Africa began to arrive in Sudan via Cairo and settle along the Nile in the four towns of Khartoum, Khartoum North, Omdurman and Wad-Medani.Predominantly small-time merchants of textiles, silks and gum, their businesses soon began to flourish.The Jewish community of Khartoum was first officially organized in 1918.