Figure 1.--This rather enigmatic prtrait shows a scene in Cairo, probably in the 1870s. There are two high stratus females. One has the exopeced gace covering. The other with Nubian features was probably slave girl who did not have to wea face coverinhg. It is the atactiv somewhat older young woman that is enimatic. She is clearky a high status person and would have been virtually required to wear a face covering. We can only guess why she is not. We suspect that bcause she was attractive, the photograoher somehow convinced her not towear the face covering. Thi looks to be a studio and not a street photograph.

Nubians include the population of Lower Egypt and northern Sudan. Nubians differ ethnically and can differ culturally from other Egyptians. One observer writes, "Their kinship structure goes beyond lineage; they are divided into clans and broader segments, whereas among other Egyptians of the valley and of Lower Egypt only known members of the lineage are recognized as kin." Although Nubians have mixed and intermarried with members of other ethnic groups, especially in the Delta and Cairo area. Nubians were seen as a different people in ancient Egypt whicgh can be seen in Egyptian art, especiall the ancient tomb art. And many were slaves, the impact of captives fron the wars with the Nunian kindom. We are not sure how many were enslaved as a result of trade between Egypt and Numbia, but there ws an ethnic component. More is known about enslaved Nubians as a result of the Arab slave trade which brought even more captured Africans from East Africa to Egyptin slave markets. The first photography was brought to Egypt by Europeans. And this photographic reciord shows Sun-Sharan Africans as a subserviant part of the population. Slavery was not ended in Egypt until the arrival of the British (1880s), although slavery persisted culturally in rural areas. The Democratic Party and the rest of the woke-left. would have us believe that racism is a uniqely American problem. In factracism is a factor in many countries and oftern more pronounced that in the United States. Egyptians of sub-Saharan African ethnicity tend to have lower incomes and are not well represented in the Egptina upper class and political structure. There is a continuing relucrance of ligh-skiinned Egyoptins to marry dark-skinned Egyptians. The reaction of Netflik's claiming that Cleopatra Cleopatra was black--appearntly on sonething that someone's grandmother said and the afct that Egypt is located on the African continent. Many Egptians wwre furious. In fact the ehnicity of ancient Egyptians and Cleopatra;s family (the Ptolemys) is known in great detail. We know this because of (DNA). Any one who talks about the ethnicity of ancient Egyptians with our reference to DNA is incompetent. Studies actually show that gthere modern Egyptina have more sub-Sahran ancestry than ancient Egyptians.

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