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The Beja people (Arabic: البجا, Beja: Oobja, Tigre: በጃ) are a Cushitic ethnic group [5] native to the Eastern Desert, inhabiting a coastal area from southeastern Egypt through eastern Sudan and into northwestern Eritrea. [1]
Nov 8, 2023 · The Beja people are a distinct social and cultural ethnic group in Sudan and Egypt that have suffered from neglect and marginalisation. Members of the Beja ethnic group of eastern Sudan raise the flag of the Beja Congress political group as they demonstrate in Suakin on October 9, 2021.
Oct 20, 2021 · Sudan's eastern communities largely belong to the ethnic Beja people who inhabit rocky terrains in the states of Gedaref and Kassala. They have followed a nomadic life as cattle herders and...
Oct 7, 2020 · The Beja people of north east Sudan and southern Egypt are living descendants of Ancient Egyptians. If you ever wondered from all the controversy what the Ancient Egyptians look like take a good look.
Apr 17, 2022 · Egypt’s Beja are nomadic, independent tribes who rely on their clustered nature to survive; they make their own food, nourish their niche language, and possess an intrinsic inclination for simpler, disconnected lifestyles.
Oct 21, 2021 · Nomadic breeders and farmers, the Beja, who boast a history dating back to Kush -- grandson of Noah according to the Bible -- live 90% in rural areas in huts near the cities of Gedaref, Kessala...
Sep 1, 2022 · On October 4, 2021, the leader of the Beja Supreme Council and the Independent Amauds, Major General Othman al-Baquer, vowed that the council was in the process of declaring a “Beja state” independent of Sudan. Beja have traditionally followed a nomadic way of life, mostly as camel herders.
