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The Beja people inhabit a general area between the Nile River and the Red Sea in Sudan, Eritrea and eastern Egypt known as the Eastern Desert. Most of them live in the Sudanese states of Red Sea around Port Sudan, River Nile, Al Qadarif and Kassala, as well as in Northern Red Sea, Gash-Barka, and Anseba Regions in Eritrea, and southeastern Egypt.
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. They constitute the most extensive non-Arab ethnic group from the Red Sea to the Nile.
Essentially pastoralists, the Beja move over vast distances with their flocks and herds of cattle and camels on whose produce—milk, butter, and meat—they subsist almost entirely. The Beja trace their ancestry through the father’s line, and their kinship organization resembles that of the Arabs.
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Oct 7, 2020 · Historically, the Medjay date to before the 12th Dynasty and from the Old Kingdom fought against ancient Egypt on the side of Kush, then switched back and forth between ancient Egyptian and Nubian alliances ending during the Roman era in which they sided with the Romans against the rulers of Meroe. In the Roman era, they were known as the Blemmyes.
II The Beja Country and its Tribes 12 III Beja Origins 20 IV The Gold and Incense Lands (2500-50 B.C.) 27 V The Sabaeans and the Kingdom of Axum 38 (700 B.C.-A.D. 750) VI The Enemies of Rome (50 B.C.-A.D. 640) P VII The Arab Infiltration (640-1520) 64 VIII The Subjugation of the Tigre (750-1700) 80 IX The Turkia (I pO-I 880) 91
Nov 2, 2007 · Traditionally, families would survive by moving to find water. Now, landmines litter the region and the populations and it is too dangerous to travel. Here, a joint NGO project brings some respite.
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The Beja people are nomads who have occupied their homelands across the Sudan, Eritrea and Egypt for more than 4,000 years. Some scholars believe they are related to the ancient Egyptians. In the course of their history, they accepted Islam and are 99 per cent Muslim.
