Colors of Nubia: The Lost Art of Women's House Decoration

An intimate historical portrait of the women of Nubia and their unique house decorations including over 400 full color and black and white photographs

Between 1960 and 1970 the building of the Aswan Dam led to the creation of a lake that drowned the Nubian villages of Upper Egypt. The Nubian population were forced to leave their villages and hamlets and relocated to the north. The tradition of Nubian house decoration was discontinued after this traumatic relocation, the adverse impacts of w...