The Nubian people will never forget the 60's when president Nasser decided to build the high dam, the Aswan dam created a reservoir behind it, a big lake (lake Nasser) the largest in the world (310 miles in length) washed away over 45 Nubian villages, and forced thousands of Nubians to move away from the lands they inhabited for more than 5000 years.
The Nubians used to survive on farming, fishing and trade, but now they have to move to the cities to find work, leaving their own communities in the new Nubian villages with unsustainable environments, specially that they were relocated to sandy lands away from the river. The Sudanese government is now in the process of building the Merowe dam on the third cataract of the river Nile, which will cause the same destruction and relocation of thousands of Nubians in northern Sudan!.
Nubian handmade work:
Colorful cotton thread woven plate, the plate is made from the leaves of palm trees, used as a basket cover or decoration on the wall.
Nubian women are famous for their beads work, like this glittering beaded shawl, this one is using silver colored beads.
and with golden beads,
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