History, Culture, and IFC Assistance - Promoting Women's Income Generation in Siwa Oasis
Seven hundred miles from Cairo, the Siwa Oasis is located close to the Libyan border in Egypt's Western Desert. Alexander the Great came through here in 331 BC for a consultation with the Oracle of Amun. The remote Oasis was connected to the r...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/05/9966277/history-culture-ifc-assistance-promoting-womens-income-generation-siwa-oasis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10684 |
| Summary: | Seven hundred miles from Cairo, the Siwa
Oasis is located close to the Libyan border in Egypt's
Western Desert. Alexander the Great came through here in 331
BC for a consultation with the Oracle of Amun. The remote
Oasis was connected to the rest of Egypt only when an
asphalt road was built in the 1980s, linking Siwa and Marsa
Matruh. Siwa's solitary location has allowed Siwans to
maintain their way of life and to preserve their Siwi
language. Still today, Siwa is typically reached after a
long 8-hour car ride through the desert. Yet it has recently
welcomed internationally famous guests, including the Prince
of Wales and Queen Paola of Belgium. Among others, the
attraction is an International Finance Corporation
(IFC)-supported Sustainable Local Development Project
implemented by Environmental Quality International (EQI)
that includes ecotourism, sustainable agriculture,
women's artisanship, and renewable energy. |
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