Jada Pinkett Smith’s new Netflix documentary series on Cleopatra aims to spotlight powerful African queens. “We don’t often get to see or hear stories about Black queens, and that was really important ...

Fatma Addar grew up in a Nubian family, connected to her ethnic minority's rich history through its tales of a bygone life on the Nile, though regaled less and less in their original language. Fatma ...

Egyptian label Gozoour heads south to Aswan for a new collection rooted in Nubian wedding rituals.

The crocodile absorbs jealousy. It takes it in, for protection from evil.” Limekamrkamlia Nhmda’s words rest in the warm ...

NASR AL-NUBA, Egypt, Nov 17 (Reuters) - For half a century, Egypt's Nubians have patiently lobbied the government in Cairo for a return to their homelands on the banks of the upper Nile, desperate to ...

LUXOR, Egypt (AP) — Hundreds of Egypt's ethnic minority Nubians have blocked a main road in the country's south to protest the government's plan to sell land they claim to be their ancestral territory ...

The construct of race was neither heard nor thought of during the two-thousand-year span included within the Saint Louis Art Museum’s presentation of “Nubia: Treasures of Ancient Africa.” And yet ...

Egypt is one of the most magical places in Africa. The history of the country runs back thousands of years. Egyptian culture birthed some of the world’s most important inventions and technologies.

This article is part of a series examining free expression and information access in civic spaces across six language communities in the MENA region. Servants, doormen, wardrobe assistants, and ...

Time Line -- Trade map of the ancient Near East -- The Egyptians: Egyptian history and geography -- Egyptian architecture -- Simple step pyramid -- Houses for everyday life -- Egyptian model garden -- ...

Roots tendril out of the grassy banks, piercing the surface of the water, while giant dragonflies skim the heads of water buffaloes cooling off in the 46C heat. Nearby, African sacred ibises stand ...