The Manasir or Monasir are a Sudanese Arab tribe living in northern Sudan. Until the completion of the Merowe Dam in 2009 they inhabited the Fourth Cataract region along the Nile, which they called Da
A family from the Manasir tribe
Vertical tribal marks in Suq Salamat
Manasir farmer with a turiah over his shoulder
Dar al-Manasir is the region of the Fourth Cataract, the most impassable of all rapids of the Nile. It is the homeland of the Arab tribe of the Manasir and from them gets its name. Still today the wat
Manasir
…living in northern Sudan. Until the completion of the Merowe Dam in 2009 they inhabited the Fourth Cataract region along the Nile, which they called Dar al-Manasir. Similar to the upstream Rubatab and the downstream Shaigiya the Manasir are an indigenous Nile culture who adopted Islam and speak Arabic as their…
Dar al-Manasir as seen from the top of Gebel Musa
View over Marha, Sur Island in Dar al-Manasir
Dar al-Manasir as seen from the top of Gebel Us
Sunset over Dar al-Manasir