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Margaret Ziolkowski, "Mega-Dams in World Literature: Literary Responses to Twentieth-Century Dam Building" (U of Wyoming Press, 2024)

New Books in Science, Technology, and Society

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Cultural Reflections on the Aswan High Dam and Nubian Displacement

This chapter delves into how the Aswan High Dam is depicted in Egyptian literature, especially from the perspective of Nubian authors. It examines the cultural repercussions of displacement and migration on Nubian traditions due to the dam's construction.

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