Upper Egypt (Arabic: صعيد مصر‎ Saʿīd Miṣr, shortened to الصعيد es-Ṣeʿīd/es-Ṣaʿīd pronounced [es.sˤe.ˈʕiːd, es.sˤɑ.ˈʕiːd]) is the strip of land, on both sides of the Nile valley, that extends between Nubia, and downriver (northwards) to Lower Egypt.