From Middle East Eye:
Last weekend in Egypt’s south, Nubians launched an unprecedented challenge to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s government by marching in protest to their historic homeland, more than 50 years after they were forcibly displaced by the state.
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The action was part of a new youth and activist-led movement that has been brewing since the 2011 Egyptian revolution.
Nubians are an indigenous African people in southern Egypt who have faced displacement by state-sponsored projects for many decades. They also say they face cultural marginalisation and colour discrimination...[more]
