Nubia: Lost civilisation of Egypt

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The governor of Aswan has announced plans to build almost 5,000 new Nubian homes at a site chosen by community elders.

Abdallah Muhammad Abdul Fattah was a child when his family left its village in 1964.

"I still remember it with sorrow with a broken heart - you can imagine what is your feeling when you are prevented from going to your native land," he says.

"When I dream, I never dream in my village now. All my dreams are in our old Nubian one."

At a gathering to lay the cornerstone for the new development, Mr Abdul Fattah smiled broadly as Nubian children sang of the beauty of Aswan.

"All the Nubians are very happy because they are about to return to their motherland."


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