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‘Nubian sea’ -
A snake painted on the sidewalk
A dead snake on the same sidewalk a bit further on a day earlier. First one i have seen.
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More and more people are coming to the hotel from Sudan.
Most crossing at Argeen. Very long waiting times.
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Does the cease fire in Sudan hold? Not very promising. https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/sudan-unravelling-from-decades-injustice
Ferry to Sudan 
Nubian door 
Ye old Bedford -
These 2 hills are actually the backsides of the Ramses and Hathor temples, created to house them. Nasser lake or the Nubian Sea (hiding many old villages and monuments under its waters)
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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/22/world/africa/sudan-war-international-relations.html
As War Rages in Sudan, Countries Angle for Advantage, clear writing by https://twitter.com/declanwalsh
&
Happy Birthday Saskia!!
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Three little birds
at least
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Eid Mubarak. The singing in the mosque starts early, with many voices. Celebration of the end of fast. Mohammed means ‘praiseworthy’,* it is repeated time after time.
Mango 
In the streets children enjoying free time. Quite a few boys with toy machine guns 🙁
*Arabic given male name literally meaning ‘Praiseworthy’. The name comes from the passive participle of the Arabic verb ḥammada (حَمَّدَ), meaning ‘to praise’, which itself comes from the triconsonantal Semitic root Ḥ-M-D. Believed to be the most popular name in the world, by 2014 it was estimated to have been given to 150 million men and boys. Source: wikipedia
Mohamed, Mahmoud, Ahmed are all variations and many, many men carry this name.
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Breakfast Conflict (war, shooting) south of here. Reading a lot, e.g. by https://www.theguardian.com/profile/nesrinemalik
