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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okr-10986-106842021-04-23T14:02:51Z History, Culture, and IFC Assistance - Promoting Women's Income Generation in Siwa Oasis Niethammer, Carmen Abdella, Heba Siblini, Kamal M. Samir Fadl, Nermine AGRICULTURE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EQUAL PAY FAMILIES GENDER GENDER BARRIERS GENDER RELATIONS GENDER SEGREGATION GIRLS HOME HOMES HOTEL ILLITERACY INTERVENTIONS LEARNING MARRIED WOMEN PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE SECTOR QUALITY ASSURANCE SAFETY TEACHING TOWNS TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES UNITED NATIONS UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME WEDDING WILL YOUNG WOMEN 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. 2012-08-13T12:43:01Z 2012-08-13T12:43:01Z 2007-05 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 English IFC Smart Lessons Brief CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Middle East and North Africa Egypt, Arab Republic of |
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AGRICULTURE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EQUAL PAY FAMILIES GENDER GENDER BARRIERS GENDER RELATIONS GENDER SEGREGATION GIRLS HOME HOMES HOTEL ILLITERACY INTERVENTIONS LEARNING MARRIED WOMEN PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE SECTOR QUALITY ASSURANCE SAFETY TEACHING TOWNS TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES UNITED NATIONS UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME WEDDING WILL YOUNG WOMEN |
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AGRICULTURE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EQUAL PAY FAMILIES GENDER GENDER BARRIERS GENDER RELATIONS GENDER SEGREGATION GIRLS HOME HOMES HOTEL ILLITERACY INTERVENTIONS LEARNING MARRIED WOMEN PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE SECTOR QUALITY ASSURANCE SAFETY TEACHING TOWNS TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES UNITED NATIONS UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME WEDDING WILL YOUNG WOMEN Niethammer, Carmen Abdella, Heba Siblini, Kamal M. Samir Fadl, Nermine History, Culture, and IFC Assistance - Promoting Women's Income Generation in Siwa Oasis |
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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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Publications & Research :: Brief |
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Niethammer, Carmen Abdella, Heba Siblini, Kamal M. Samir Fadl, Nermine |
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Niethammer, Carmen Abdella, Heba Siblini, Kamal M. Samir Fadl, Nermine |
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Niethammer, Carmen |
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History, Culture, and IFC Assistance - Promoting Women's Income Generation in Siwa Oasis |
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History, Culture, and IFC Assistance - Promoting Women's Income Generation in Siwa Oasis |
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History, Culture, and IFC Assistance - Promoting Women's Income Generation in Siwa Oasis |
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History, Culture, and IFC Assistance - Promoting Women's Income Generation in Siwa Oasis |
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History, Culture, and IFC Assistance - Promoting Women's Income Generation in Siwa Oasis |
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history, culture, and ifc assistance - promoting women's income generation in siwa oasis |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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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 |
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