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the Pharaohs first visited a little elementary school   swept her small concrete porch outside the front door.
           decorated with a Nubian mural of their original village   Welcome, she said, as we passed; then continued her
           before the dam. It was both a reminder of their past   battle with dust.
           and a roadmap for their future.                     From time to time, the elder shared information
             We walked on via dusty dirt paths that passed build-  about the village. Women in black, he explained, were
           ings in various states of repair painted in bright colors.   married, while girls or young women in western garb
           The village seemed deserted except for a woman    or colored traditional wear were single. The men were
           dressed head to toe in black and a little kid riding   away, fishing or working and the women were in their
           his bike who followed us.  In front of a larger brightly   homes or tending the village’s many black goats.
           painted house in excellent repair, an attractive woman















































           The Nubian village in the late after-
           noon showing the traditional mud-
           brick style of constructions..







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