# Acknowledgements

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all those who contributed and helped in the completion of this work. I thank, at the forefront of these: The officials of the Merowe Dam, and after them, my thanks go to my brothers in the Media Department of the Merowe Dam, including: Brother Abdel Moneim Hashim Al-Tayeb, Brother Omar Mohamed Yassin, Brother Sami Hamed Tayeb Al-Asmaa, and Brother Khalid Othman Mahmoud. I also extend my profound gratitude to my esteemed professor, Professor Yusuf Fadl Hassan, Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Committee for the History of the Area Affected by the Old Merowe Dam, and Professor Aoun Al-Sharif Qasim. The esteemed professor for his continuous support and valuable contributions, and my great professor Hassan Makki Mohamed Ahmed. My sincere thanks also go to Dr. Sayyida Mahboub Mohamed Ibrahim, Deputy Director at the National Centre for Research, for her valuable assistance. I am also extremely grateful to the people of the Universities area, who opened their homes and hearts to us. In their presence, we learned the true meaning of the word, and in their conduct, we saw the sincere example of the authentic Sudanese person. I pray for these and others whose names I have missed, asking God to reward them with the greatest reward.

The Author On the first of Rabi' al-Awwal 1424 AH Corresponding to May 1, 2003 AD

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