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  • Old nubian women trying to sell their artifacts in the Nubian market in Gharb Seheil
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  • Hajja Atamanny, the oldest Nubian woman in Seheil Island
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  • Nubian wedding night celebration
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  • Visiting their grandmothers before their wedding night, a Nubian wedding in Seheil Island
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  • Old Nubian women selling artifacts & souvenirs by the small port of Gharb Seheil
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  • Hajj Omar visiting relatives in the Nubian Village in Gharb Seheil
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  • Nubian wedding night celebration
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  • Groom and his friends starting an invitation quest to visit all different Nubian villages and invite each family for his wedding day
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  • An old Nubian woman with her cow in the field in Gharb Aswan
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  • A nubian family in Heisa Island
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  • An old Nubian and his grandson enjoying the afternoon weather during the preparation of a large court for the wedding night
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  • The Nubian market in downtown Aswan
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  • Nubian wedding night celebration
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  • Visiting their grandmothers before their wedding night, a Nubian wedding in Seheil Island
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  • A shy nubian girl with her grandmother, Heisa Island
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  • A nubian woman and her three daughters in Heisa Island
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  • Nubian wedding night celebration
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  • Nubians gathering & waiting in a mosque for "Katb Al Kitab" event of "matrimony contract" the legal aspect of an Islamic marriage
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  • Hajj Omar infront of his house with a painting of the pilgrimage journey that earned him the title Hajj
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  • Leftovers are served to the livestock
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  • Pouring meat broth on stuffed green pepper
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  • Shaalawy, uncle of the bride, and Older guests enjoing the music from the rooms, Gharb Aswan
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  • A butcher and few relatives of the groom during the slaughtering process, this cow's meat will feed all the wedding guests
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  • Groom's mother and her neighbours preparing breakfast for guests arriving from outside Seheil island
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  • Sabrine, the groom's younger sister is ready for the wedding night
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  • Relatives of the bride preparing the place for guests in Gharb Aswan
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  • The groom should be present during the whole process and as a tradition they put a drop of blood on his forehead
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  • Transportation in Balana, near Kom Umbo
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  • Hajja Fardous in her home, Seheil Island
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  • Hajj Elias and his wife Fayza infront of their house in Tahgeer "immigration" area near Kom Umbo
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  • Saturday market at Sayala, known as Kalabsha market, near Kom Umbo
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  • Saturday market at Sayala, known as Kalabsha market, near Kom Umbo
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  • Hajj Mahmoud, starting retirement after guarding Temple of Isis since 1981, Philae Island
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  • Kids playing in the Nile at Kodi, Seheil Island
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  • Hajja Alia, Seheil Island
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  • Sabrine and her daughter in their home in Heisa Island
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  • Gharb Seheil houses
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  • Alrayyes Halafawy and his wife in their home in Heisa Island
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  • Mourad and his nephew Sabrine in Seheil Island
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  • Groom's family receiving money from guests, each donation is written next to the name of the guest
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  • Mother of the groom in her house during the wedding night
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  • Adding meat-based sauce, making something like Spaghetti Bolognese
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  • Children of Gharb Aswan waiting for the ceremony to start
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  • Suhaila waiting for her henna to dry
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  • Friends following the groom to the port to start visiting other villages to invite the wedding guests
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  • Henna made for the groom on the first day of the week-long ceremony of his wedding
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  • Hajja Riba, Heisa Island
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  • Saturday market at Sayala, known as Kalabsha market, near Kom Umbo
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  • A small port used for access to Heisa Island
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  • Walking in Seheil Island
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  • Umm Tarek putting out her husband's laundry to dry, & listening to her daughter who just came back from school, Heisa Island
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  • Noha getting prepared to be engaged, doing Henna, a tradition to dye skin & fingernails for cosmetic purposes
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  • Ma'azoon speaking to the guests in Seheil Island
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  • Chef specialized in mass catering hired by the groom's father to organize the cooking for the wedding
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  • Henna artist working on Heba's hand in Seheil Island
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  • Graves on Heisa Island
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  • Hassan selling pottery in Balana, near Kom Umbo
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  • Hajj Eissa playing on his old tambour in his room of memories, Toshka Village Tahgeer area near Kom Umbo
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  • Hajj Elias remembering the old days before Tahgeer, a photo of himself while playing oud
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  • Saturday market at Sayala, known as Kalabsha market, near Kom Umbo
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  • Saturday market at Sayala, known as Kalabsha market, near Kom Umbo
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  • Hajja Fatma infront of her home in Besion, Gharb Aswan
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  • Kids on a board holding on to a boat cruising the Nile, this makes their transportation faster & easier
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  • Hajja Saadiya making Sanasil
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  • Large families often invite the whole group to rest in their rooms and offer them cold drinks
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  • Zeinab "Anesot" in Heisa Island
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  • Am Ahmed, the maker of Tambour musical instrument
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  • Mona infront of a house in Besion, Gharb Aswan
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  • Hajja Sameeha in her house in Naj' Besion. Those old traditional houses have a large square court, Gharb Aswan
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  • Mohamed broke his arms playing football, people of Seheil collected money for the operation as his mother Aziza couldn't afford it
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  • Mourad Family in Seheil Island
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  • Mourad visiting relatives in Seheil Island
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  • A woman with her son and donkey, Seheil Island
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  • Bride and groom arriving to Seheil Island with their friends and relatives
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  • Shaalawi checking the west port of Seheil Island before his son's wedding night. The main access to all Gharb Seheil guests
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  • Hajja Sameeha smoking Shisha in her home, her daughter Mona and grandson Yaseen sitting with her, Gharb Aswan
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  • Hajja Fawzia in her home in Seheil Island
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  • Kids playing in the Nile at Kodi, Seheil Island
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  • Hajja Moza selling souvenir dolls in the nubian village
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  • A nubian woman cleaning carpets in the Nile at Kodi, Seheil Island, Aswan, Egypt 2014
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  • Old nubian woman refining rice. They get this rice among other subsidized supplies
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  • An old Nubian woman walking with her goats in Seheil Island
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  • Ruins of the deserted place of Nag' Bleida, an old nubian village in Gharb Aswan
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  • Nubia, Aswan
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  • A young girl for her Henna to dry, Seheil Island
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  • Old Nubians sitting at the back of a mosque waiting for "Katb Al Kitab" event of "Matrimony Contract" to start
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  • An old woman in Heisa Island
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  • High tide in Seheil Island
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  • Barbar in Gharb Seheil
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  • Relatives of the groom before his wedding
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  • Saturday market at Sayala, known as Kalabsha market, near Kom Umbo
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  • Saturday market at Sayala, known as Kalabsha market, near Kom Umbo
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  • A house in Heisa Island
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  • Young men fishing near Gharb Seheil
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  • Relatives and neighbors of the groom's mother helping her in serving food for the guests before the wedding
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  • Relatives of the bride and groom playing cards and socializing before the wedding, Gharb Seheil
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  • A builder working on Gharb Aswan Village
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  • An old woman carrying fish for dinner, Seheil Island
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  • Bus drivers waiting by the Nile cornishe.
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  • Bisharia are a subgroup of the Beja people who are bilingual in Beja and Arabic. They call themselves "sons of the Jinns", they were constantly at war with the Romans. In the Middle Ages, they were known as Beja, and convoyed pilgrims from the Nile valley to Aidhab, the port of embarkation for Jeddah. They have acted as guides to caravans through the Nubian desert and up the Nile valley.
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