Nubians
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| Nubians |
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| Image:Egypt-Nubian wedding.jpg |
| Total population |
495 000 |
| Regions with significant populations | Egypt, Sudan |
| Language(s) | Nobiin, Egyptian Arabic, Sudanese Arabic | Religion(s) | Sunni Islam, Coptic Christianity |
The Nubians are an ethnic group in southern Egypt and northern Sudan.
The Nubian Tribes in Sudan inhabit the region between Halfa in the north to north Aldaba in the south. The main Nubian tribes are from north to south are: Halfaweyen, Sikut (Sickkout), Mahas and Danagla. They speak different dialects of the Nubian language.
The Nubians today, as well as the Arabic-speaking groups of northern Sudan, all show a clear physical continuity with the ancient Nubians.
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Nubians on Nile bank near Aswan
[edit] Prominent Nubian figures
- Mohamed Mounir, singer
- Ahmad Mounib, singer and musician
- Ali Hassan Kuban, singer and musician
- Hamza El Din, singer and musicologist
- Khalil Kalfat, literary critic, political and economic thinker and writer
- Haggag Hassan Oddoul, novelist and activist
- Mohammed Gebril (Gabriano),Underground rapper
- Ahmed Gebril (Mad-G),Underground rapper
- Mahmoud Gebril (T.E.S.),Underground rapper
[edit] References
[edit] Further reading
- Rouchdy, Aleya (1991). Nubians and the Nubian Language in Contemporary Egypt: A Case of Cultural and Linguistic Contact. Leiden: Brill Acdemic Publishers. ISBN 9004091971.
- Valbelle, Dominique; Charles Bonnet (2007). The Nubian Pharaohs: Black Kings on the Nile. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 977416010X.
- Warnock Fernea, Elizabeth; Robert A. Fernea (1990). Nubian Ethnographies. Chicago: Waveland Press Inc.. ISBN 0881334804.
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