Nermin+Hassan



**I am Nermin Hassan. I am 15 ﻿ years old. ** **I am a student at EL-Hag Hadad scondary school. ** **Egypt is ****my country. I live in Sohag. ** **I enjoy visiting historical sites and sightseeing in Egypt. ** **For this project, I am going to t ****alk about Aswan. ** = Welcome To A﻿ sw﻿an =

**Aswan is where Egypt travelers go for relaxation, besides shopping and sightseeing. About 680 ** **km (425 miles) south of ****Cairo, just below the Dam and Lake Nasser, Aswan is the smallest of the ** **three major tourist cities ****based on the Nile. ****You feel you have reached Africa (as most westerners ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">imagine the continent), mainly because ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">it has a large population ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">of Nubian people, mostly ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">resettled ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">from their homeland in the area flooded by Lake Nasser. ** <span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"><span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> = <span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Location of Aswan = <span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Aswan is Egypt's most Southern city and has always been this country's main gate to the** **rest of Africa. It is situated 129 km south of Luxor an**﻿**d 899 km from Cairo. Aswan's location is** **at the first Cataract** **of the Nile, which provided a natural boundary between Egypt and** **Nubians.**

= <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Descriptio﻿n of ﻿Aswan = **<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">As you can see in the photo below the color of the desert and of the Nile river are in this city ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">of a ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">beauty difficult to describe. ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">It is even more beautiful at sun set. If you complete this ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Photographic ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Tour, you will not only see this, but also learn (almost) ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">everything you need to ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">know about this ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">city. The city is small enough to be visited on foot. It is not easy to get lost in ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Aswan, ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">there are only ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">three main streets. The three of them run parallel to the Nile river. The ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">first one runs by this river, ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">the Corniche ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">el-Nil. Parallel to this street there is the market street, ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Shari as-Souq; and next to it, ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Sharia Abtal at-Tahrir. **

== <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Climate of A<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">﻿ swan ==
 * <span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Aswan is Egypt's hottest inhabited city. Aswan's climate ranges from mild in the winter to ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">very ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">hot in the summer with ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">absolutely no rain all year. Maybe 1 or 2 mm of rain every 5 years. ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Aswan ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">is one of the driest ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">inhabited places on Earth. ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">In winter the temperatures average from ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">11 degrees ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">at night to 25 degrees during the day. In summer the temperature ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">averages 25 ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">degrees at night to ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">40 degrees during the day. **



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== <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Sightsee<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">﻿ ing in A﻿swan == == <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Abu S<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">﻿ imbel Te﻿mple ==




 * <span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Abu Simbel temple refers to two massive rock temples in Abu Simbel in Nubia, southern ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Egypt on ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">the western bank of ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Lake Nasser about 230 km southwest of Aswan. The site was ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">known as Meha ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">in ancient times and was first documented in ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">the 18th Dynasty, when Ay and ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Horemheb had ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">rock-cut chapels hewn in the hills to the south. Ramesses II, called "the ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Great," ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">built seven rock-cut ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">temples in Nubia. The rock-cut temple of Ramesses II on the west bank of ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">the Nile at Abu Simbel is ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">the greatest of these. This temple was not seen by Europeans until ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">J.J. Burckhardt discovered ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">them in 1813. Between the legs ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">and on each of their sides stand ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">smaller statues of members of the ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">royal family. The smaller statues of relatives were probably, ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">for the first southern colossus: ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Queen Nefretari by the left leg, the king’s mother, the great wife ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">of Seti I, Muttuya by his ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">right leg, ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">and Prince Amenhirkhopshef in front. For the second ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">southern colossus, Princess Bent’anta ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">stood by the left leg, **<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Princess Nebettawyby the left,** **and** **one unnamed female figure, probably** **that of a lesser royal wife named Esenofre**.

== <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Shopping i﻿n A<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">﻿ swan ==




 * <span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Shopping is one of the delights that Aswan has in store for all those who visit the place. ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The Aswan ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Souq, a market located in the city centre, is one of the most popular places where ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">you can shop. ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">This colorful market ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">is one of the great places where you can carry out on your bargaining. The ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">numerous shops selling the bright colored and the ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">aromatic spices is ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">something which you bound ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">to impress you. Catch a sight of the local bazaars where you can ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">get an exquisite ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">range of perfumes ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">and the lovely glass bottles in which they are stored. ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Do not get amazed as you the numerous ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">things that you can but from Aswan. You can try ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">the souvenirs, exotic range of spices, excellent ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">jewelry, beautiful shawls, local handicrafts, ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">designer carpets, brass and copper handicrafts and ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">limestone decoratives. ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">For the ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">convenience of tourist the shopkeepers take special care during ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">packing so the gifts and the ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">delicate items are not ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">broken. If you love tea, then you must buy some ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">tea leaves from Aswan. ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Most of the tourists crave to buy the peppermint and the hibiscus tea ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">leaves that have a ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">beautiful ****<span style="color: #6e2312; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">aroma. **




 * <span style="color: #541507; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Aswan is a very beautiful city because of its simplicity, kind people and facinting natural views. It is not a very large city.ou can visit it and enjoy doing mny things . You can visit its temples and islands. You can go shopping in its wonderful markets and buy souvenirs and gifts for your friends. You can go for a boat trip in its wonderful Nile. I'm sure that you will enjoy and feel happy in this city. Welcome to Aswan anytime. **

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