The Nubialin Project

From Timbuktu Chronicles Sat Aug 30 2014, 20:37:00

Bill Zimmerman writing in 27 months:

Recently, friend and fellow co-conspirator Jay Cousins proposed a unique opportunity; join a diverse group of makers on an island in Upper Egypt to prototype a unique vision for something one might call "Society 2.0". To provide some context, Jay has been active over the last several months with his Nubian partners Darsh and Ashraf in developing the Nubialin project--a contextually relevant iteration of the icehubs model. Situated in a protected cove on the west bank of Elephantine Island, a Nubian village in Aswan without cars or paved roads, Nubialin has been variously referred to as "an experiment in good living" and "an exploration between communities and cultures."

To many visitors, Egyptian and non-Egyptian alike, Nubialin is quite simply a taste of paradise...[continue reading]

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