Bayuda desert, Bisharin nomads at well with camels and donkeys
Sudan is the third largest country in Africa. It is a federal presidential representative democratic republic with a legal system based on Islamic law, since Islam is the predominant religion. The River Nile divides the country into eastern and western halves. Sudan was home to numerous ancient civilizations, such as the Kingdom of Kush, Kerma, Nobatia, Alodia, Makuria, Meroe and others, most of which flourished along the Nile. During the pre-dynastic period Nubia and Nagadan Upper Egypt were identical, simultaneously evolved systems of pharaonic kingship by 3300 BC. Because of its proximity to Egypt, the Sudan participated in the wider history of the Near East inasmuch as it was Christianized by the 6th century, and Islamized in the 15th. Sudan is rarely visited by foreigners; yet it offers a wealth of historical treasures and extraordinary landscapes. Not to forget its amazingly welcoming people. Further into the Bayuda desert, we reach a water hole where camels and donkeys are taken for a drink. A group of young Bisharin nomads seem not to welcome our arrival at first, but soon start enjoying to see themselves on the camera screen.
Size: 4288px × 2848px
Location: Bayuda Desert, Sudan
Photo credit: © François-Olivier Dommergues / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: africa, arab, british, camel, chameau, desert, desertic, dromadaire, embargo, empire, islam, islamic, isolated, muslim, nomad, nomade, oil, portrait, republic, soudan, sudan, tribe, tribu, ésert
