Aswan High Dam Resettlement of Egyptian Nubians

Abstract

This book highlights the long-term resettlement process of the Egyptian Nubian people along the Aswan High Dam. Assessing the resettlement of 48,000 Egyptian Nubians in connection with the High Dam is especially important for three main reasons: firstly, this resettlement process is one of the rare cases in which research begun before the dam was built has continued for over forty years. Secondly, the resettlement of the Egyptian Nubian people is one of the few cases in which the living standards of the large majority improved because of the initial political will of the government, combined with Nubian initiatives. Thirdly, given the complexity of the resettlement process, weaknesses in government planning, implementation, and in the weakening of government political provide valuable lessons for future dam-induced resettlement efforts. Prologue; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Table; Abstract; 1 Aswan High Dam Resettlement of Egyptian Nubians; 1 Introduction; 2 Egyptian Nubian Resettlement in the Context of Global Dam-Induced Resettlement; 3 Egyptian Nubia Before the High Dam; 4 Stage 1: Planning Resettlement (This Section Draws Heavily on Fahim 1968 and El-Abd 1979); 4.1 Government Planning; 4.2 Nubian Reactions to Resettlement; 5 Stage 2: Physical Removal, Multi-Dimensional Stress and Initial Adaptation; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Physical Removal; 5.3 The Multidimensional Stress of Resettlement. 5.4 Kom Ombo Housing and Villages5.5 Initial Coping with Adversity During Stage 2; 5.6 Government Reactions to Inadequate Implementation; 6 Stage 3: Economic and Community Development; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 1970s; 6.3 1980s; 6.3.1 Ethnicity and Socio-Cultural Change; 6.3.2 Land Use; 7 Nubia Today-Stage 4: Handing Over and Incorporation; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Nubian Livelihood, Society and Culture in the Twenty-First Century; 7.2.1 Introduction; 7.2.2 Egyptian Nubian Interrelationships with the Nation State; 7.3 The Situation in Kom Ombo; 7.3.1 Housing and Cash Compensation; 7.3.2 Land Use. 7.3.3 Identity7.3.4 Living Standards; 7.4 Culture Change and Continuity; 7.5 The Right to Return; 7.6 Nubian Efforts to Return to the Shores of Lake Nasser; 7.7 Kakkar; 8 Old Nubia and Lake Nasser Today; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 "New Land, New Life" Project March 2010; 8.3 Adaption Fund: Proposal for Egypt, August 31, 2011; 9 Summary; 9.1 The Egyptian Nubian Resettlement Process; 9.2 Political Will and the Need for the Government to Address Current Nubian Complaints; 9.3 Financing; 9.4 Capacity. 9.5 The Importance of Participation for Avoiding Mistakes, for Reducing Dependency, and for Decreasing the Length and Stress Associated with Stage 29.6 Development Opportunities; References.