Ahmed Faras (born 1946 in Fedala) is a former Moroccan football forward. He was named African Footballer of the Year in 1975, and spent all of his playing career with his native Chabab Mohammédia.

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Faras was a member of Morocco national football team from 1965 to 1979, wearing captain's armband for eight consecutive years, starting from 1971. On international level, Ahmed Faras took part in the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico^[1] and 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich,^[2] before leading his team the African Cup of Nations success in 1976.

Faras scored a total of 42 goals for his national side. He won the Moroccan League in 1981 and finished as the league's top-scorer in 1969 and 1973. The legendary Moroccan forward retired in 1982, after spending a total of 17 years with the club.

In 2006, Faras was selected by CAF as one of the best 200 African football players of the last 50 years.^[3]

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Faras' position within Nubia (upper left)

Faras (formerly Ancient Greek: Παχώρας, Pakhôras; Latin: Pachoras; Old Nubian: Ⲡⲁⲣⲁ, Para) was a major city in Lower Nubia. The site of the city, on the border between modern Egypt and Sudan, was flooded by Lake Nasser in the 1960s and is now permanently underwater. Before this flooding, extensive archeological work was conducted by a Polish archeological team.

Fresco in the Cathedral

Capital from Faras (London, British Museum)

St. Anne, the fresco from Faras (National Museum, Warsaw)

History[link]

Dating back to the A-Group period, the town was a major centre during the Meroitic period, and was the site of a major temple. During the period of ancient Egyptian control over Nubia, Faras became an Egyptian administrative centre and, located upriver from Abu Simbel, Egyptian cultural influences were prominent.

The city reached its height during the Christian period of Nubia, when Faras was the capital of the Basiliskos Silko of Nobadia. When Nobatia was absorbed into Makuria, it remained the most prominent center in the north, the seat of Nobadia's eparch.

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One of the most important discoveries from the Christian period was the town's cathedral. The cathedral had been completely filled with sand, which preserved the large number of intricate paintings on its walls. These paintings are the best surviving examples of Christian Nubian art. They depict a number of well-known Biblical scenes and also portraits of various bishops of Faras and monarchs. These paintings were salvaged and are today on display in Warsaw and Khartoum. A major pottery works was also found at Faras.

In the turbulent, later years of Christian Nubia, Faras seems to have declined, and the administrative centre switched to the more easily defended centre of Qasr Ibrim.

See also[link]

• Coptic Diocese of Faras

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External links[link]

• Exhibition on Faras, Vienna 2002
• Medieval Nubia

Coordinates: 22°12′N 31°28′E / 22.2°N 31.467°E / 22.2; 31.467