About

After the Flood is an exploration of what it means to be Nubian, part of a long and glorious but as of yet largely unknown history.  It is an exploration of what it means to be part of a civilization whose people have been displaced and uprooted, forced to emigrate and leave a homeland that was theirs alone for seven thousand years and more.

It is prepared by Magdi M. Amin and his son, Tariq Amin. We decided to write this blog when reflecting that fifty years have now passed since the floodwaters created by the Aswan High Dam crept into my father’s and his father’s home, and that of their neighbors.  It flooded their beloved date trees, and their farms and saqias, the old water wheel that Hamza al-Din used to sing about in his gravelly old voice.  Fifty years have passed since the trains left Wadi Halfa for New Halfa, carrying 50,000 Nubians to their new homes.

Despite these fifty years, during which time their homes have long since dissolved into the mighty river, and despite being resettled and dispersed to the far corners of the earth, the sense of attachment Nubians have to their home has not, and will not fade.  We simply want to understand this, and want to share what we learn.  We hope you enjoy our comments and contribute your own thoughts.