Nour El Refai, a promine Egyptian photographer, has spe more than a year in the heart of the Egyptian nasce community and has documeed their daily lives with an artistic view of respect. He depicts iimate images of daily rituals, shared meals, social gatherings, artworks and local celebrations, beauty and resistance of nasce culture. Al -Rafi not only recorded the visual effects of this culture, but also exhibited the sustainable spirit of one of the world’s oldest civilizations that have been flourishing in the Nile coast for thousands of years, in the southern Egypt and north of modern -day Sudan.
Despite the rich heritage, the nodes faced many challenges in the tweieth ceury. Many of them have been displaced from their ancestral lands because of the construction of dams and tanks. The largest displaceme occurred in the 1980s; When more than 2.5 nodes were forced to leave their homes during the construction of the Aswan Dam. However, the images of al -Ra’i show that the Nubi has retained their ideities and traditions despite these displaceme.
Al -Rafi, whose project is part of the VSCO artists’ initiative, uses its lens to highlight traditions that have resisted the loss of culture and forced displaceme.
As a visual archive, the project depicts a vibra community that fluctuates between past memories and modernity. In this way, al -Rafi not only keeps the nasce culture alive, but also attracts the global atteion to the importance of protecting this legacy and invites the audience to reflect on the beauty and resistance of these people. (121clicks)
