Bisharin

Bisharin

The Bisharin are a Sunni Muslim tribe of the Beja nomadic ethnic group in the eastern part of the Nubian Desert in Sudan; they live in the Atbai between the Nile River and the Red Sea, north of the Amarar and south of the Ababda. Population of about 42,000. "Bisharin" is also the name of their spoken dialect.

The Bisharin tend animals, including camels, sheep, goats, buffalo, and cattle. For those along the Nile River, farming is way of life; they grow cotton, sugar cane, corn, dura, wheat, sesame, fruits and vegetables, and raise poultry.

External links

* [http://www.dur.ac.uk/justin.willis/starkey.htm "Perceptions of the Ababda and Bisharin in the Atbai"]


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