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'Had this been your face, would you leave it as it is?'essay 2006 • El Guindi, Fadwa
Nubians • Africa > Northern Africa
This study challenges unidimensional arguments that frame female circumcision in relation to "patriarchy" and other forms of male domination of women, proposing instead that in the context of rural Nubia the practice constitutes an important traditio...Life-crisis rituals among the KenuzBook 1971 • Callender, Charles & El Guindi, Fadwa
Nubians • Africa > Northern Africa
This document provides descriptions of major life-crisis rituals among the Kenuz, held by families, lineage groups and village communities to mark events such as birth, circumcision, marriage, the departure of migrant laborers, and death. The authors...