Urgent Action

The International Appeal to Rescue Nubia in Egypt and Sudan

Stop the on-going cultural and ethnic cleansing i n the Nubian lands
Say No to depopulation of the Nubian lands
Say No to destruction of the Nubian historical sites and wealth by dams.

W e, the undersigned Nubians and friends of Nubia in Diaspora, Egypt and Sudan app eal to the international community to come urgently to the rescue of the Nubians inside Egypt and Sudan who are facing a hidden war of ethnic and cultural clean sing and systematic depopulation of Nubians from their ancestral lands and depop ulation the area in an attempt to wipe out Nubian culture and heritage. < /P>

Both the Egyptian and Sudanese governments work in a concerted manner to dismantle the cohesive Nubian fabric by forcing them to relocate, depr ive them from essential and basic services and put obstacles against Nubians so that they abandon their lands voluntarily and migrate to Arabized lands.

Latest development in the Nubian land of Egypt:

1. In a letter we got from the famous Egyptia n Nubian writer and author, Haggag Addol we were informed that the government of Egypt (GOE) is continuing its discriminatory policies and cultural cleansing ta ctics by bringing Arabs and non-Nubians to the Nubian lands as it did with the T oshke Valley north of the Aswan High Dam and in the Western Sahara. These polici es are meant to displace the Egyptian Nubians completely from their ancestral la nds and replacing them with A! rabs and non-Nubians.

2. On September 26th, 2004, GOE will sell in an open auction about 5,000 hectares in Qustul (Qasr Ibrim) and Adindan area, near the historical site of A bu Simbil and about 30 and 62 kilometers north of Wadi Halfa, in the Sudanese te rritory. In the absence of the poor Nubians, the rich Arabs of Egypt will be the only qualified bidders and the land will be gone forever to non-Nubians like ma ny other parts of the Nubian land. Nubians are gradually displaced from their an cestral lands and replaced by Arabs who are changing the demographic structure o f the area thus wiping out a ! great heritage that outlived the Egyptian history for centuries.

3. The international community has a moral and historical obligation to look into t his matter by stopping these conspiracies and wicked policies to wipe out the Nu bian heritage and culture from the map of Egypt.

Latest developments in the Sudanese Nubian land:

2. The Sudanese Nubians are also facing the d angers of ethnic and cultural cleansing under the Islamist government of Sudan ( GOS) which is hostile to non-Arab minorities like the Nubians in the north, Beja s in the east, Fur, Massalit and Zaghawa in the west, the Nubas of the mountains and the southern Sudanese African tribes. GOS, like GOE is waging a secret war against Nubians in the north. Its deliberate policies to de-populate the Nubian lands through the persistent ! lack of economic and social development and making plans to construct more dams on Nubian land is meant to disrupt the stability of the area and an attempt to change the structure of the Nubian society by forcing Nubians to abandon their a ncestral homes. In fact, an attempt to build Kajbar dam in the heartland of Nubi a was suspended temporarily when the Nubians protested loudly and sent their out cry abroad to alert the international community to come to their help and stop t he plans to construct the dam.

3. GOS is actively working now to construct a nother dam in Hamadab area (Merowe Dam), which will devastate the Nubian antiqui ties and historical sites that have yet to be fully excavated.

4. GOS excluded the Nubians from its national budget and the development plans for several years and helped the Government of Egypt (GOE) in suffocating the Sudanese Nubians by isolating them through conti nuous disruption of the only means of transportation linking Nubia to Sudan and Egypt. GOS intentionally stopped the railway line services between Khartoum, the capital and Wadi Halfa, the river port on the border with Egypt, which disrupte d the steamer line, the only ! means of transport between Sudan and Egypt inside the Nubian land.

5. Recently, GOS and GOE have signed bilatera l agreements (The Four Freedoms Agreements), which give both governments the rig ht to purchase and own lands reciprocally. Accordingly, GOS began to sell Nubian lands inside Sudan to foreign companies totally disregarding the present and fu ture rights of the original historical owners of those lands: the Nubians of Sud an.

Conspiracy Against Nu bia needs to be averted:

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6. The two governments of Egypt and Sudan are working actively to suffoca te Nubia and change its identity to an Arabized one. Both regimes adamantly refr ained from connecting the two countries by road since their independence in fift ies and recently signed the so called the Four Freedoms Agreement which aims at dealing a devastating blow to the Nubians. Instead of connecting the Nubians in Egypt and Sudan by a paved asphalt road between Aswan and Wadi halfa, the two co untries decided to make the r! oad across the Sahara Desert and to create a river port in Alabeidiya, south of Abu Hamad deep inside Sudan while neglecting the border river port of Wadi Half a. Nubians believe that the government of Egypt is standing against connecting t he Nubians of Egypt with the Nubians of Sudan in an attempt to stop the flow of tourism into Sudan, which will siphon a sizeable amount of tourism revenue into Sudan.

The need for an inter national help to rescue Nubia:

7. Nubia, one of the cradles of mankind histo ry and internationally known as one of the richest custodians of the archaeologi cal wealth in the world, is facing a real threat from the fanatic Arabs and Isla mists who are working together to enforce their hegemonic policies in the area. Nubians who survived all these conspiracies throughout their history cannot resi st this multi-faceted onslaught hidden war alone

8. Preserving and protecting the Nubian peopl e, the historical creators and custodians of that glorious heritage with all its archaeological wealth, though primarily our responsibility, is also a n international concern. Thus, the burden of enabling the impoverished, marginal ized and oppressed Nubians to preserve their heritage by living in peace an d prosperity on Nubian lands, has to be shared, or even spearheaded, by the civi lized nations and internation! al organizations.

9. The international community is hereby aler ted to move urgently and stop this economic and cultural genocide and come to th e rescue of the Nubians as they did before when 26 nations came to the rescue of the Nubian monuments before the inundation of the Nubian lands by the waters of the High Dam in early sixties.

We, the undersigned, call upon civilized nations, United Nation s agencies and international organizations to send fact finding missions to inve stigate into these matters and find solutions for problems facing Nubians in Egy pt and Sudan as well.

Signatories:

1.Hassa n Addoul, Nubian writer – Egypt

2.Suad Ibrahim Ahmed, former University lecturer & Nubian leader, Sudan< /P>

3.Mekki Ali Id ris, Nubian musician and singer, Saudi Arabia

4.Dr. Hassan A lmalik, International Nubian Forum Maintainer, Saudi Arabia

5.Nuraddin Abd ulmannan, Former diplomat, human rights activist, USA

Akif Mukhtar , Nubian Activist, Qatar.
Abdelwahab M ohamed Ali Adam: Human Rights Activist: The Netherlands
Siddig Abdel hafiez Fadl : Geolgist, The Netherlands
Khalid Moham ed Adam Hakim : Banker, The Netherlands
Safwat Daoud Mahialdin : Chemist, The Netherlands
Osama Taha H ussain : Agriculture Engineer The Netherlands
Amgad Taha H ussain : Accountant, The Netherland s
Nur Aldin Mo hamed Ali Shargy, Banker, The Netherlands
Imad Abdelaz iz : Retired Major, The Netherlands
Mohamed Mohi aldin Zumrawy. Accountant, The Neth erlands
Mohamed Hami d Ahmed, The Netherlands
Ahmed Abdelm annan : Administrator, The Netherlands
Mohamed Abde lmannan, The Netherlands
Al Fatih Alm isbah The Netherlands
Farah Hasan Sulaiman Hagana, Lawyer The Netherlands
Awad Sukker : Journalist, The Netherlands
?El Fatih Ahmed Mohamed, The Netherlands
Nadir Abdelr ahim Gurundi : Accountant, The Netherlands
Shawgi Al Sa id Al Zubair : Pharmasist, The Netherlands
Abdellatif A li Elimam – Vetrinarian, The Netherlands.
Shawgi Elsay ed Elzubair, Pharmacist. The Netherlands.
Safeya Abdel aziz Mohamed Ali hakim, lawyer and Translator. The Netherlands.
Sharif salih Khairi, worker, The Netherlands.
Saifeldin Ha ssan saeed, worker, the Netherlands.
Abubakr Elam in Hassan Khairi. Worker, the Netherlands.
Ibrahim Ali Khairy Bilal, Freelance business, UK
Yousif Ali K hairy Bilal, Freelance business, UK.
Zakaria Sida hmed, Freelance business, UK
Ibrahim Ahme d Khairi Bilal, Cook, UK
Amira Abdeld ayem Farah Bilal, Translator. UK
Muhsina Yous if Sidahmed, Housewife, UK.
Ikhlas Osman Hamad. Housewife, UK.
Khidir Hassa n Khalil
Ali Askouri, President of Leadership Office Hamadab Dam Affected People, London
Omar Mohamed Ragab, the Netherlands
Nagat Mohame d Ali, France.
Yasir Zumraw i Mohamed Osman, Student
Luai Shammat , Sweden
Mohamed Hame d Elmusafir, Abu Dhabi.
Abdalla Bola , Writer, researcher & Artist, France.
Saifeldin Mu saed Ali, Frankfurt, Germany
Sadig Elshai kh Gibril, Musician, Brussels, Belgium
Nasif Salah Eldein – Journalist, Sudan
Elkhatim Adl an, Writer and politician, UK
Osman Mohame d Salih, the Netherlands
Talha Hamed Elsayed, Qatar.
Ahmed Akasha Mohamed, the Netherlands.
Yousif Bilal Elmousley, Musician, USA.
Tumadur Shai kheldin, Artist, USA.
Ahmed Mohame d osman, KSA
Salwa Mohame d Seyam, Human Rights Activist, USA.< /o:p>
Ahmed Amin, UK.
Ishraga Must afa, Vienna University, Political Science.
Mohamed idri s Fadul,
Ahmed Abdelr ahman Albashir, USA
Abdelilah Zu mrawi, former Judge, USA.
Mutwali Abda lla Idris, Canada.
Zeinab Osman, social worker, USA
Sohair Hamid, activist, Canada
Suliman Bakhiet, former administrator, USA
Manal Ali, lawyer, Egypt
Ghassan Omer, worker, USA
Isam Siddig, woker, USA
Rasha El-Tigani, computer scientist, USA
Naser Abdelrahman, engineer, USA
Mahgoub El-Tigani, writer, USA
Gara Awad, activist, UK
Muna Khugali, activist, UK