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Water slides: an innovative way to enjoy Fayoum’s lakes, dunes and deserts
Features/Interviews

Water slides: an innovative way to enjoy Fayoum’s lakes, dunes and deserts

As the government launches strategies and promotional campaigns to boost Egypt’s ailing tourism industry, Hany Amr has thought up an…
CNN: La Guajira: Colombia’s great unknown Caribbean desert
Life & Style

CNN: La Guajira: Colombia’s great unknown Caribbean desert

The notion of a bona fide desert lapped by the waves of the Caribbean Sea seems so far-fetched that Google…
Mali troops get reacquainted with lost north
World

Mali troops get reacquainted with lost north

For Malian troops making their first forays into the country's north since jihadists took control, French military support provides reassurance…
Govt plans expansion in desert through wooded forests
Egypt

Govt plans expansion in desert through wooded forests

The government, represented by the ministries of Agriculture, Housing, Irrigation and Environment, is studying expansion into the desert throughout different…
Security and armed forces fail to find 5 missing people in Aswan desert
Egypt

Security and armed forces fail to find 5 missing people in Aswan desert

Security forces and armed forces in Aswan failed to find five missing people who disappeared on Sunday night in the…
The not-so-rarefied earth: The desert has much more to offer than sand
Life & Style

The not-so-rarefied earth: The desert has much more to offer than sand

It’s impossible not to notice the great expanse of desert that seems to fold out indefinitely around Siwa. Rolling hills…
SunGlacier could produce water from air in the Egyptian desert
Environment

SunGlacier could produce water from air in the Egyptian desert

A Dutch artist intends to create a glacier in the Egyptian desert to inspire solar powered solutions to climate change.…
How to live like a desert-dwelling Bedouin
Life & Style

How to live like a desert-dwelling Bedouin

There is much to learn from traditional Bedouin life, such as understanding nature better and engaging with it in everyday…
Gunmen kill police officer in Beni Suef shoot-out
Egypt

Gunmen kill police officer in Beni Suef shoot-out

A police officer was shot dead and two others injured early on Monday by unknown gunmen in a desert area…
Postcard from Dahab: Desert dogs
Life & Style

Postcard from Dahab: Desert dogs

In the four times I've been to Egypt, I've never neglected to spend at least a few days in the…
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