What Life Is Like In Egypt's Nubian Society

Photographer Nour El Refaispent more than a year documenting life among Egypt's Nubian community, capturing daily rituals, art, meals, social gatherings and celebrations. TheNubians are one of the oldest civilizations in the world, having lived alongside the Nile river in what is now southern Egypt and northern Sudanfor thousands of years. Today, most Nubianslive on the fringes of societyin Egypt's south. Nubian communities have been forced to leave their homes near the river to make way for reservoirs and dams several times in the past 100 years. In 1964, 50,000 Nubians were forced to vacate their lands and offered a place in desert settlements near Kom Umbo during the construction of the famous High Dam. Some families moved to the settlements, while others sought refuge on islands north or in villages in Gharb Aswan. With his project, photographer El Refai aims to document the ancient traditions of these families after the dramatic changes their communities went through in past decades. For more photos of life in the Nubian community, check out El Refai's photo journal atgrid.vsco.co/journal/the-nubians. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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