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-title: "My Grandparents\' House: A Sociological Perspective"
+title: "A Tale of Two Nubias"
 authors: ["abdelsadeq.md"]
-abstract: 
-keywords: ["Nubia", "resettlement", "architecture"]
+abstract: For centuries, the Nubians lived between the First and Fourth Cataracts of the Nile as an ethno-linguistic group united by their language, customs, and distinctive architecture. However, the construction of the High Dam in 1964 led to the displacement of Nubian communities from their historical sites to another location completely different to the environment in which the Nubian culture arose and developed. In this research, I examine my grandparents' daily life in old Abu Hor, a Kenuz Nubian village, and in New Nubia, as a case study to explore how the Nubians could remake their homes and homeland in the aftermath of their displacement. I use auto-ethnographic tools to understand the material and social techniques they had developed to create a sense of home in New Nubia. The research demonstrates how the displacement of Nubians and the changing spatial context have deeply affected their culture, and how the Nubians could create new images of *home* and new cultural practices for *belonging* through sixty years.
+keywords: ["Old Nubia", "New Nubia", "home-making", "homing", "displacement", "homeland", "resettlement", "architecture"]
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 **Introduction**
@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ kilometers, the western bank is less high and continuous and consists of
 groups of unconnected hills. (...) We rested a little on the west bank
 and saw many flying fish
 
-![Photograph of Old Abu Hor in 1962 showing camels in front of the village.](../static/images/sadeq/fig1.jpg "Photograph of Old Abu Hor in 1962. Source: Riad, M. and Abdel-Rasoul, K. (2014), A journey in the time of Nubia.")
+![Photograph of Old Abu Hor in 1962 showing camels in front of the village.](../static/images/sadeq/fig1.jpg "Photograph of Old Abu Hor in 1962. Source: Riad and Abdel-Rasoul, A journey in the time of Nubia.")
 
-**~~Figure 1. Photograph of Old Abu Hor in 1962. Source: Riad, M. and Abdel-Rasoul, K. (2014), A journey in the time of Nubia.~~**
+**~~Figure 1. Photograph of Old Abu Hor in 1962. Source: Riad and Abdel-Rasoul, A journey in the time of Nubia.~~**
 
 Abu Hor extended for ten kilometers and included twenty-three hamlets
 built on the rugged lands at the eastern and western fringes of the
@@ -201,6 +201,14 @@ entertaining and housing male guests from other hamlets or villages was
 also placed in the central open space. Each *nag'* also maintained a
 cemetery and a shrine for the local saint in its hinterland.
 
+![Houses in Old Abu Hor overlooking the Nile. Source: Hassan and Hassan, Abu-Hor Our Homeland.](../static/images/sadeq/fig3.jpg "Houses in Old Abu Hor overlooking the Nile. Source: Hassan and Hassan, Abu-Hor Our Homeland.")
+
+**~~Figure 3. Houses in Old Abu Hor overlooking the Nile. Source: Hassan and Hassan, Abu-Hor Our Homeland.~~**
+
+![A nag’ in Old Abu Hor. Source: Hassan and Hassan, Abu-Hor Our Homeland.](../static/images/sadeq/fig4.jpg "A nag’ in Old Abu Hor. Source: Hassan and Hassan, Abu-Hor Our Homeland.")
+
+**~~Figure 4. A nag’ in Old Abu Hor. Source: Hassan and Hassan, Abu-Hor Our Homeland.~~**
+
 The traditional house in Old Nubia was not only a shelter, but it was
 also the center of most Nubian rites. The design of the house had a
 strong connection to the natural environment, especially to the
@@ -222,9 +230,17 @@ baking *dooka* bread, grinding cereals, and raising livestock. The
 courtyard also served as a guest area for women to meet, especially on
 the occasion of weddings, funerals, and other events.
 
-![Plan of a house in Abu Hor village in 1964. Source: Jaritz, H. (1973), Notes on Nubian Architecture.](../static/images/sadeq/fig3.jpg "Plan of a house in Abu Hor village in 1964. Source: Jaritz, H. (1973), Notes on Nubian Architecture.")
+![Plan of a house in Abu Hor village in 1964. Source: Jaritz, Notes on Nubian Architecture.](../static/images/sadeq/fig5.jpg "Plan of a house in Abu Hor village in 1964. Source: Jaritz, Notes on Nubian Architecture.")
 
-**~~Figure 3. Plan of a house in Abu Hor village in 1964. Source: Jaritz, H. (1973), Notes on Nubian Architecture.~~**
+**~~Figure 5. Plan of a house in Abu Hor village in 1964. Source: Jaritz, Notes on Nubian Architecture.~~**
+
+![Plan of a house in Abu Hor village in 1964. Source: Fathy, Drawing.](../static/images/sadeq/fig6.jpg "Plan of a house in Abu Hor village in 1964. Source: Fathy, Drawing.")
+
+**~~Figure 6. Plan of a house in Abu Hor village in 1964. Source: Fathy, Drawing.~~**
+
+![The Entrance of a traditional house in Old Abu Hor. Source: Hassan and Hassan, Abu-Hor Our Homeland.](../static/images/sadeq/fig7.jpg "The Entrance of a traditional house in Old Abu Hor. Source: Hassan and Hassan, Abu-Hor Our Homeland.")
+
+**~~Figure 7. The Entrance of a traditional house in Old Abu Hor. Source: Hassan and Hassan, Abu-Hor Our Homeland.~~**
 
 Nubian ceremonies are the most noticeable and distinct feature of the
 Nubian culture. It has reflected its rich and intermingled history
@@ -263,9 +279,9 @@ groom\'s family to the local shrine before going to the bride\'s house,
 passing in front of the *nag'* houses while sessions of singing and
 dancing were carried on accompanied by gunshots and cries of joy.
 
-![A picture of sandouq jally.](../static/images/sadeq/fig4.jpg "A picture of sandouq jally.")
+![A picture of sandouq jally. Source: Hassan and Hassan, Abu-Hor Our Homeland.](../static/images/sadeq/fig8.jpg "A picture of sandouq jally. Source: Hassan and Hassan, Abu-Hor Our Homeland.")
 
-**~~Figure 4. A picture of sandouq jally.~~**
+**~~Figure 8. A picture of sandouq jally. Source: Hassan and Hassan, Abu-Hor Our Homeland.~~**
 
 The local Saints (Arabic: *sheikh*) have an important ritual ceremony
 called *moulid*, a festival day designated as the *sheikh's* birthday,
@@ -314,7 +330,7 @@ had to evacuate these cities and moved back to New Abu Hor to live with
 their relatives. This crowdening even worsened the living conditions in
 the new village.
 
-![Layout of New Abu Hor.](../static/images/sadeq/fig6.jpg "Layout of New Abu Hor.")
+![Layout of New Abu Hor.](../static/images/sadeq/fig9.jpg "Layout of New Abu Hor.")
 
 **~~Figure 6. Layout of New Abu Hor.~~**
 
@@ -337,6 +353,10 @@ by other houses on three sides, the northern winds could not reach the
 house, making the living conditions intolerable during the summer
 months.
 
+![Governmental houses and the public tap of Kalabsha and Abu Hor new villages, as well as a new shrine built by the villagers. Source: Crane, Nubian women at well.](../static/images/sadeq/fig10.jpg "Governmental houses and the public tap of Kalabsha and Abu Hor new villages, as well as a new shrine built by the villagers. Source: Crane, Nubian women at well.")
+
+**~~Figure 10. Governmental houses and the public tap of Kalabsha and Abu Hor new villages, as well as a new shrine built by the villagers. Source: Crane, Nubian women at well.~~**
+
 They had to make alterations in the house in order to suit their way of
 life. A larger kitchen was built to be spacious enough for cooking and
 storing dried food and supplies, while the former kitchen had become a
@@ -350,9 +370,9 @@ and shopping at Seyalla's weekly market. Occasionally, they spent their
 afternoons on their farmland, where they planted palm trees and a
 Roselle shrub.
 
-![My grandparents\' house before and after alterations.](../static/images/sadeq/fig7.jpg "My grandparents\' house before and after alterations.")
+![My grandparents\' house before and after alterations.](../static/images/sadeq/fig11.jpg "My grandparents\' house before and after alterations.")
 
-**~~Figure 7. My grandparents\' house before and after alterations.~~**
+**~~Figure 11. My grandparents\' house before and after alterations.~~**
 
 The people of Abu-Hor tried to recreate the sense of community in their
 new village through undertaking several cooperative projects. Every row

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 # Biography
 
-Amany Abdelsadeq Sayed Hussein is
+Amany Abdelsadeq Sayed Hussein is an architect, urban designer and independent researcher. Her research interests focus on architectural heritage and people-centered architectural practices.