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Hamza El Din, the celebrated Nubian musician whose rich fusion of Arabic ... the ancient upper Nile land that was largely submerged after the Aswan Dam was built in the 1960s. Mr. El Din sought ...
In November 2016, a group of Nubian activists blocked the Abu-Simbel-Aswan highway for four days to protest the government's decision to sell 10,000 feddans of land in Toshka and Forkund to non ...
In the popular Nubian village Gharb Suhail, a 30-minute boat ride south-west of Aswan, brightly-coloured houses market authentic homestays, owners advertise crocodile visits and bustling markets ...
Now it is the dawn Cairo express from Aswan thundering in my ears.” In Nubia, polygamous husbands had separate houses for each wife; at Kom Ombo, a man’s wives must share his house, and many ...
The exodus of more than 210,000 people from Sudan to Egypt since the war began in April highlights the deep ties that bind the countries — and Egypt's mixed legacy in Sudan.
Necropolis of El Kurru Rulers of the Nubian capital Napata were buried at El Kurru, primarily from about 850 to 650 B.C. Pictured here is the largest pyramid at the site, built around 325 B.C ...
Crossing the Nile on our way to the Nubian village of Aswan. “Our history can be traced from 4000 years ago to modern day. It was culturally close to ancient Egypt, ...
Twenty-four Nubian activists are in detention in Aswan for illegal protesting after they were arrested on Sunday for participating ... and disrupting public security,” according to El-Hassan. ...