They found it in their lives. Date cultivation is evident in Al-Hamsab. Al-Nager was Mahsoob Jaafar, who was from the Sharareesh tribe and had settled in Karima. He helped the farmers by giving them credit, to be repaid later, with payment due at the end of the season. Trust was the basis of the dealings that governed these transactions.

C. The Nile and Crocodiles in the Al-Hamsab Region: The Nile represents an important aspect of the lives of the people of Al-Hamsab. It is their water source; they drink its water and their hearts are averse to any other. The Nile irrigates their banks and tops with silt, which they easily and readily use, with little financial cost. The Nile also holds significant cultural and religious importance in their local beliefs. In the past, their method of crossing the Nile was swimming. Both their adult women and girls were skilled swimmers. One of them would fill a waterskin, leave it with her uncle, and swim with it on her chest to the other bank. Those who owned and used rafts for transport, or "taif" (a type of boat), were made of stacked, tied-together logs. These were used to facilitate swimming. While they were together, they knew how to swim. As for boats, they were difficult to obtain and owned only by a few people, such as the Omda or prominent individuals from the region. The Nile formed an important part of life for both their elders and their young. For the children, the Nile was a place for fun and a playground for their games. Among their many games there were "Al-Katib," "Al-Taqbur," "Al-Natoz'aliya," "Al-Kalk," and others. However, the great Nile sometimes wronged them, bringing floods. More than that, it brought crocodiles to their region, which found the nature of Al-Hamsab a suitable habitat and a safe haven in some of the islands. The crocodiles of Al-Hamsab gained great fame, to the extent that some of the people of Al-Hamsab, from the "Al-Tabor" collection, made the name "Crocodiles of Al-Hamsab" the emblem of their artistic group, which is the group that— - 92 -in the twentieth century, and Al-Nager was Mahsoob Jaafar, who was from the Sharareesh tribe and had settled in Karima. He helped the farmers by giving them credit, to be repaid later, with payment due at the end of the season. Trust was the basis of the dealings that governed these transactions.

C. The Nile and Crocodiles in the Al-Hamsab Region: The Nile represents an important aspect of the lives of the people of Al-Hamsab. It is their water source; they drink its water and their hearts are averse to any other. The Nile irrigates their banks and tops with silt, which they easily and readily use, with little financial cost. The Nile also holds significant cultural and religious importance in their local beliefs. In the past, their method of crossing the Nile was swimming. Both their adult women and girls were skilled swimmers. One of them would fill a waterskin, leave it with her uncle, and swim with it on her chest to the other bank. Those who owned and used rafts for transport, or "taif" (a type of boat), were made of stacked, tied-together logs. These were used to facilitate swimming. While they were together, they knew how to swim. As for boats, they were difficult to obtain and owned only by a few people, such as the Omda or prominent individuals from the region. The Nile formed an important part of life for both their elders and their young. For the children, the Nile was a place for fun and a playground for their games. Among their many games there were "Al-Katib," "Al-Taqbur," "Al-Natoz'aliya," "Al-Kalk," and others. However, the great Nile sometimes wronged them, bringing floods. More than that, it brought crocodiles to their region, which found the nature of Al-Hamsab a suitable habitat and a safe haven in some of the islands. The crocodiles of Al-Hamsab gained great fame, to the extent that some of the people of Al-Hamsab, from the "Al-Tabor" collection, made the name "Crocodiles of Al-Hamsab" the emblem of their artistic group, which is the group that— - 93 -the great work of Sayyid Ahmed Wad Abu Zeid, from the people of Al-Hamsab, who passed away in the seventies.