تويت
The Nile, long considered an exclusively Egyptian river, is today seeing its image evolve in our collective consciousness. Other riparian countries, in full economic expansion, unilaterally assert their right to exploit it to support their nascent development...
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Dusk over the Nile
O Hapi! Witness to the construction of the pyramids,
provider of water, from your distant African source,
to your lands downstream that farmers water with their sweat.
O source of inspiration for poets and musicians!
When your melodious wavelets sing at dawn and dusk,
while your graceful palm trees, water lilies, and papyrus
sway gently in the breeze.
O Nile! As I see the shadows hovering over you,
my thoughts turn to your majestic pharaohs,
once fearsome, now restless in their tombs
fearing that their great benefactor would one day dry up!
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Dusk over the Nile
O Hapi! Witness to the construction of the pyramids,
provider of water, from your distant African source,
to your lands downstream that farmers water with their sweat.
O source of inspiration for poets and musicians!
When your melodious wavelets sing at dawn and dusk,
while your graceful palm trees, water lilies, and papyrus
sway gently in the breeze.
O Nile! As I see the shadows hovering over you,
my thoughts turn to your majestic pharaohs,
once fearsome, now restless in their tombs
fearing that their great benefactor would one day dry up!