I was very lucky that my six-day trip to Siwa Oasis ... date tree at different stages of maturity. Siwans depend on dates and olives for their livelihood. Huge patches of palm and olive trees ...

Siwa is the archetypal oasis where fresh springs give life to olive trees and date palms. Here, it is about sitting back and letting the halcyon days wash over you. Set against a backdrop of ...

Siwa Oasis became a protectorate in 2002 as per Prime Ministerial ... which is dominated by dates and olive crops. From Ancient times, Siwa has been particularly renowned for both of these. There are ...

In an attempt to document and preserve part of Egypt's diverse architectural heritage, five young architects embarked on a journey to the Siwa Oasis, where they learned ... the architects also used ...

And what is a Mediterranean garden without a chic olive tree? Now picking an olive tree can get a bit tricky since there are ...

There are around 700,000 palms in Siwa oasis, which produce around 84,000 tons of dates annually. The oasis is also a significant national olive producer with a total yearly output of 27,500 tons.

This photo shows a view of the recently restored fortress of Shali and its surroundings, in the Egyptian desert oasis of Siwa, some 600 km southwest of the capital Cairo, on November 6 (AFP photo) ...

The isolated oasis of Siwa, thirty miles east of the Libyan border in Egypt’s Western Desert, has featured throughout history as a site of desire and contest. If its old "Mountain of the Dead ...