Nubian women sell traditional handicrafts at the Nubian Gharb Suheil village, near Aswan south of Egypt, October 1, 2015. For half a century, Egypt's Nubians have patiently lobbied the government in Cairo for a return to their homelands on the banks of the upper Nile, desperate to reclaim territory their ancestors first cultivated 3,000 years ago. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)





Tourists visit the traditional Nubian Gharb Suheil village, near Aswan south of Egypt October 1, 2015. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)





A teacher conducts a lesson in a classroom at a school in the Nubian village of Adindan near Aswan, south of Egypt, September 30, 2015. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)





A resident looks on from his traditional house at the Nubian Gharb Suheil village, near Aswan south of Egypt south of Egypt, October 1, 2015. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)





A man walks past electoral fliers at the touristic Nubian Gharb Suheil village, near Aswan south of Egypt, October 1, 2015. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)





A Nubian girl looks on from her traditional house at the touristic Nubian Gharb Suheil village, near Aswan south of Egypt, October 1, 2015. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)





A student looks on at her Nubian school in the Nubian village of Adindan near Aswan, south of Egypt, September 30, 2015. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)





Students buy sweets near their school in the Nubian village of Adindan near Aswan, south of Egypt, September 30, 2015. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)





Invitees eat dinner as people celebrate at a traditional Nubian wedding in the Nubian village of Adindan near Aswan, September 30, 2015. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)





A groom dances as Nubians celebrate at a traditional Nubian wedding in the Nubian village of Adindan near Aswan, south of Egypt, September 30, 2015. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)





Nubian women celebrate at a traditional Nubian wedding in the Nubian village of Adindan near Aswan, south of Egypt, September 30, 2015. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)





Nubians celebrate at a traditional Nubian wedding in the Nubian village of Adindan near Aswan, south of Egypt, September 30, 2015. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)





A man plays music on a traditional musical instrument in the Nubian village of Adindan near Aswan, south of Egypt, September 30, 2015. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)





A couple takes a selfie while riding on a camel in Gharb Suheil village, near Aswan, in Egypt, October 1, 2015. Picture taken October 1, 2015. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)





Tourists ride in a Falluka (small boat) along the Nile river in Aswan on the road to the touristic Nubia, south of Egypt, October 1, 2015. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)





A boy sleeps at his house in Gharb Suheil village, near Aswan, in Egypt, October 1, 2015. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)