"Pushing gently against banks lined with fragrant fields of cotton and sugar cane, the Nile River may be the most famous waterway in the world, conjuring up images of a sultry Cleopatra basking on her seductive barge. Despite such decadent connotations, throughout Egypt’s history, the Nile was and remains the backbone of a nation at work. And, even a tourist observing from the deck of a luxury cruise ship can see this, watching as crops are tended by the fellahin - proud rural farmers, whose children smile and wave at every passing vessel. Dinghies and feluccas - elegant sail boats whose style dates back to ancient times - ferry passengers and goods back and forth."
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