How Nubian women are challenging marital traditions in Egypt - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Reham Mokbel

Reham Mokbel

May 4, 2016

Nubian women sell traditional handicrafts at the Nubian Gharb Suheil village, near Aswan, Oct. 1, 2015. — REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

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A Nubian boy rides a camel at the Nile river bank in Aswan, some 1200 km (746 miles) south of Cairo, March 25, 2007. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (EGYPT) - RTR1NWNI

Egypt's Nubians refuse to allow heritage to fall through cracks of history

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

New app helps Egypt's Nubians retain traditional tongue

Menna A. Farouk

Menna A. Farouk

Members of a Nubian folk group perform a prayer December 10 in front of the ancient temple of Queen Hatshepsut in Luxor. In a bid to clean up all signs of the grisley killing of 58 foreign tourists by Moslem militants last month, Egypt held an obituary ceremony at Luxors Hatshepsut temple, the site of the massacre.

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Egypt's Nubians continue to demand right of return

Khalid Hassan

A model wearing clothing from Shahira Mehrez's collection.

'Costumes of Egypt: Lost Legacies': An author's bid to save forgotten identities

Salwa Samir

In Giza, reporting on politics