![A man plays music on a traditional musical instrument in the Nubian village of Adindan near Aswan, south of Egypt, September 30, 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 Nile, desperate to reclaim territory their ancestors first cultivated 3,000 years ago. Yet all their efforts to gain political influence have brought next to nothing. In Egypt's incoming parliament, which will be finalised after a second rou](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2020/02/RTS7K7V.jpg/RTS7K7V.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=IXT72ry0)
Muhammad Ghamrawy studied radio, television and journalism at Cairo University's Faculty of Mass Communication. He is a former journalist with The Cairo Post and Radio Netherlands. He trained with BBC Arabic for eight months.
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![A special forces police officer stands guard to secure the area around Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral before a Coptic Christmas mass in Cairo January 6, 2015. Egypt's Coptic Christmas falls on Wednesday and security is typically tightened at churches ahead of the holiday after a string of attacks on Christian targets over the past years. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: RELIGION MILITARY CIVIL UNREST) - RTR4K8RY](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2015/05/RTR4K8RY.jpg/RTR4K8RY.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=EjMHQcZA)
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![A huge electoral banner for presidential candidate and former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is seen among traffic during the third day of voting in the Egyptian presidential election in Cairo, May 28, 2014. Egyptians were initially slow to vote on a hastily added third day of a presidential election on Wednesday after lower-than-expected turnout threatened to damage the credibility of the man widely forecast to win, former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS ELECT](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/12/RTR3R73A.jpg/RTR3R73A.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=ba6S9Tau)
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![Students attend at a class on the first day of their new school year at a government school in Giza, south of Cairo September 22, 2013. Students resumed their studies at the beginning of the new academic year this weekend amid parental concerns of a possible lack of security after the summer vacation ends. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION) - RTX13UIW](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/11/RTX13UIW.jpg/RTX13UIW.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=42FHtXbc)
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![Al-Azhar University students walk past riot police during a protest conducted by a pro-Muslim Brotherhood student movement known as the Students Against the Coup, in Nasr City district October 12, 2014. Universities in Egypt opened on Saturday for the new semester with long queues due to increased security measures such as requiring students to present their identification cards and having their bags inspected, according to local media Al-Ahram's Arabic website. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: CI](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/10/RTR49VDJ.jpg/RTR49VDJ.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=NNvdpu8Y)
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