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Nubians
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 (Arabic: نوبي, Nuubi) 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.

In ancient times Nubians were depicted by Egyptians as having very dark skin, often shown with hooped earrings and with braided or extended hair.[1] Ancient Nubians were famous for their skill and precision with the bow and the use of adding deadly poison to their arrows.[2]

Nubians on Nile bank near Aswan

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

References

• Rouchdy, Aleya (1991). Nubians and the Nubian Language in Contemporary Egypt: A Case of Cultural and Linguistic Contact. Leiden: Brill Academic 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. 

See Also

Ancient Nubia

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• Nubians by Abubakr Sidahmed
• Nubians Use Hip-hop to Preserve Culture - Sudan Tribune
• Nubia on LookLex Travel Guide

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