Dr. Yasser Mahgoub – Doctoral Dissertaion –University of Michigan - 1990 - 184
large one for sleeping. Because of the small area of the court inside the houses, the Nubians expanded their houses in the only possible direction, the street. The street became part of the houses and was used for sitting and sleeping. While they were applying changes to the surrounding environment, the Nubians were undergoing changes in their way of life that were less observable than the changes they applied to the physical environment. Twenty five years after the displacement, the Nubians were still changing the surrounding environment while experiencing change in their way of living.