Egypt
- Travel: Fire On Nile Cruise Ship
International Herald Tribune Five Egyptians were killed and two wounded when a fire broke out on a Nile cruise ship moored near the ancient Egyptian ruins of Luxor late on Sunday, forcing the evacuation of 43 French tourists, said security officials....
- Eternal Siwa
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=7267"At 12,000 years and counting, the lush oasis of Siwa is ancient on a scale that makes the Pyramids seem like teenagers. To a first-time visitor, the town can seem from another world — a place where...
- Travel: Siwa Oasis
http://www.gom.com.eg/gazette/tourism/detail_8_90.shtmlSiwa: the sweetest oasis by "Mohamed Salah Attia Siwa appears at first as a sweet and innocent place deep in the desert which has just opened its eyes to the modern world and still let itself be amazed....
- Feature On Siwa Oasis
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/728/tr1.htm A feature on Siwa oasis discussing everything from the archaeology and natural history in the oasis area to the best hotels and "ecolodges" in which you can stay. I never had much motivation to visit Siwa,...
- Dialogue With Amun
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/685/heritage.htm Al-Ahram Weekly article about the past of Siwa Oasis. This is the first issue of a two-parter and puts Siwa into its historical context, from Palaeolithic times until the Muslim invasion in 641AD. There...
Egypt
Fire in Siwa caused by smugglers, but archaeology safe
Ahram Online
Luxor Times
A fire that destroyed over 1700 hectares of farmland in the Siwa Oasis on Tuesday was started deliberately by border smuggling gangs, a local tribal leader has claimed.
The attacks were in revenge for requests by local leaders for border security to be tightened, the man added.
Siwa is in the Matrouh governorate near Egypt's border with Libya.
Matrouh Governor Taha Mohamed El-Sayyid announced on Wednesday that the fire had been extinguished.
Security forces evacuated ten families in two local villages. No injuries or fatalities were reported.
Luxor Times
Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim, Minister State of Antiquities, said that the antiquities sites in Siwa oasis are completely safe and away from the fire which broke out in Taaouny and Mashandat areas of Siwa and devoured 60 acres of arable land.
The fire broke out on Tuesday in an olive grove, 15 kilometers west of the Siwa Oasis.
The Minister explained that the nearest site is in Maraki area which is half a kilometer away from the fire and he was following the situation minutes by minute with the head of Egyptian Antiquities department and the directors of the sites in Siwa since the fire broke out and till it was extinguished this morning
- Travel: Fire On Nile Cruise Ship
International Herald Tribune Five Egyptians were killed and two wounded when a fire broke out on a Nile cruise ship moored near the ancient Egyptian ruins of Luxor late on Sunday, forcing the evacuation of 43 French tourists, said security officials....
- Eternal Siwa
http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=7267"At 12,000 years and counting, the lush oasis of Siwa is ancient on a scale that makes the Pyramids seem like teenagers. To a first-time visitor, the town can seem from another world — a place where...
- Travel: Siwa Oasis
http://www.gom.com.eg/gazette/tourism/detail_8_90.shtmlSiwa: the sweetest oasis by "Mohamed Salah Attia Siwa appears at first as a sweet and innocent place deep in the desert which has just opened its eyes to the modern world and still let itself be amazed....
- Feature On Siwa Oasis
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/728/tr1.htm A feature on Siwa oasis discussing everything from the archaeology and natural history in the oasis area to the best hotels and "ecolodges" in which you can stay. I never had much motivation to visit Siwa,...
- Dialogue With Amun
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/685/heritage.htm Al-Ahram Weekly article about the past of Siwa Oasis. This is the first issue of a two-parter and puts Siwa into its historical context, from Palaeolithic times until the Muslim invasion in 641AD. There...