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5 unusual facts about Merowe Dam


Ibrahim 'Ali Salman

The poetry about his homeland Dar al-Manasir and the ongoing issue of the relocation of his tribe as a result of the Merowe Dam project is written in the Colloquial Arab language of the Manasir.

Kerma culture

Survey work in advance of the Merowe Dam at the Fourth Cataract has confirmed the presence of Kerma sites at least as far upriver as the Abu Hamed/Mograt Island area.

Merowe

Merowe, Sudan, a town upstream from the bend just mentioned, that is the site of a major dam,

Merowe Dam

Historian Runoko Rashidi issued a statement in solidarity with Sudanese Nubians protesting the dams and called for a halt to their construction.

Water conflict in the Middle East and North Africa

Sudan is also planning on building the Merowe Dam south of the Kajbar and enlarging the Roseires Dam, located 300 miles southeast of Khartoum on the Blue Nile.



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