Its been a long time ago that I had a 3 months stay in the beautiful Siwa Oasis, located in the Northern part of the Western Desert in Egypt bordering the Great Sand Sea. It was a lot of fun going for a 2 hour desert trip in my lunch break, spending the night in the desert to go back to the office the next day, visiting Siwan homes, mingling with the girls and watching the mouled el naby festivities Siwan style... The people of Siwa for those who haven’t been are a separate ethnic group form the general Egyptian population, they ... (more)