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 ...

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 ...

The ancient village of Shali in the Siwa ... oasis was occupied during the Paleolithic and Neolithic Periods, and during the ancient Egyptian Old Kingdom it was a part of Tehenu, the “Olive ...

The entrance to Tamazid, the environmentalist Mounir Neamatalla’s home in Egypt’s Siwa ... oasis are a cluster of psychedelic blue salt lakes, natural springs, date palm plantations and olive ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.