Back to Qursaya: A Never-Ending Nile Story
Roger Anis, photographer and artist-in-residence at IHE Delft, tells the story of how he found a microcosm of the Nile river in the small and quiet island of Qursaya, in the middle of the...
Roger Anis, photographer and artist-in-residence at IHE Delft, tells the story of how he found a microcosm of the Nile river in the small and quiet island of Qursaya, in the middle of the...
The third of a micro-essay series inspired by the photos of #EverydayNile, drawing connections among people, places, waters, and stories along the Nile river. The first experiment of #EverydayNile took place in February 2019...
The second of a micro-essay series inspired by the photos of #EverydayNile, drawing connections among people, places, waters, and stories along the Nile river. Three figures are turning their back to the camera, walking...
Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah has spent the last nine years in jail simply for voicing his opinion. His hunger strike ahead of the UN Climate Conference hosted by Egypt recall us that there...
This year we celebrate Nile Day in front of the Egyptian Taffeh Temple in the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden. By enjoying poetry, music and stories inspired by the river we will reflect on...
Yesterday, May 3rd, World Press Freedom Day was celebrated all around the world. Two special – and personal – mentions: the first one for my colleague Iginio Gagliardone (University of Wits, Johannesburg), lead researchers...
People in Cairo enjoy celebrating on the Nile after sunset, jumping on glittering boats with loudspeakers full volume and sailing on the river crossing the city center. Episode 3 of the podcast “The sources...
An old adage says “Whoever drinks from the Nile will always return to it”. That’s why – after last year’s success – on February 10 we are going to have another “Saturday on the...
The Nile Water Lab features a new podcast on media, science and water diplomacy: The Sources of the Nile. In the past, searching for the sources of the Nile was a major geopolitical venture...
At the end of October I attended the Nile Basin Development Forum (NBDF) in Kigali, the bi-annual event organised by the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) bringing together water professionals, policy makers, researchers, international institutions, NGOs,...
Which role do media and science communication play in controversies over transboundary waters? This is one of the research questions addressed by the project “Open Water Diplomacy. Media, science and transboundary cooperation in the...
Last week researchers, journalists and practitioners gathered in Addis Ababa for the workshop Mapping Nile controversies in the framework of the project Open Water Diplomacy Lab: Media, Science and Water Cooperation in the Nile...