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Assouan

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Noun1.Assouan - an ancient city on the Nile in EgyptAssouan - an ancient city on the Nile in Egypt; two dams across the Nile have been built nearby
Assuan, Aswan
Arab Republic of Egypt, Egypt, United Arab Republic - a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC
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Marc Olivier Assouan Wadjas had huge debts and was living in "abject poverty" when he ended his life by jumping from the tenth storey of the University of Teesside's Middlesbrough Tower.
Death fall student in debt; Inquest told of plunge horror by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
The late Arsene Usher Assouan, one-time foreign minister of Cote d'Ivoire, and later mayor of Grand-Lahou, served admirably on the UN Security Council and was responsible, to a large degree, for the formation of the UN "Blue Berets" as a peacekeeping force.
The real rulers of Cote d'Ivoire: Dr Gary K. Busch traces the control ... by Busch, Gary K. / New African
I learned all about our ancestor, Dama Guile Diawara, who descended from Assouan and founded the empire.
Manthia Diawara. We Won't Budge: An African Exile in the World by Washington, Teresa N. / African American Review
 
 
 
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