The Egyptian Western Desert: Water, Agriculture ...
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Some rural villages in the oases seek to establish factories for pottery. Such factories tend to operate using traditional and primitive ways (cupboard) and are dominated
by men. It is because of society’s belief that it is a craft that women can not work
on. However, with the complexity of economic life and increase of rural migration
from outside the oasis to oasis, there has been an increasing need for women to work.
Further, the lack of government jobs has further pushed females to work in manual
labor. This has led to a demonstration of the artistic sense of the females in the use
of different colors to decorate clay pots.
There are a good number of local workshops operated by women in all the oases
mainly focusing on handicrafts, including hand-made carpet from sheep’s wool and
jelbab (galabiya) wahata (i.e. oasis dresses). Each oasis has its unique model and
decoration for its products depending on the surrounding environmental resources
for accessories. However, there is a shortage in the number of outlets and marketing
opportunities for such crafts and products to market inside and outside Egypt.
7 Impact of Tourism on Agriculture
The environment in oases is an important source for the establishment of many types
and forms of tourism including:
1. Medical and therapeutic tourism, due to the presence of sulfur springs flowing
self-healing of many rheumatic diseases, bone.
2. Safari tourism where visitors roam all the dazzling natural areas, many of which
have been deemed globally as natural habitats.
Reserves that cannot be entered without permission include the Black Desert
wherewith formations of black roses fossilized scattered formed by erosion and
erosion form. Also, The White Desert is full of the natural forms that embody some
birds (hen, rooster, rabbit), horse and camel, and the Crystal Mountain, the Cave
of Wax and Ain Khadra (meaning “green spring”), which is famous internationally
as being enchanted in the area of Farafra (Ain Al-Saru and Ain Dalla).
Moreover, there are places of magnificience such as Al-Aqabat meaning “obstacles” between Farafra Oasis and Bahariya Oasis, where large rocks that look like
tents are scattered, and Sandy Mountain which are the remnants of the Black Desert.
There are also Mountains of Al-Dust and Al-Mugharfa, and the English Mountain in
the area of Bahariya Oasis. The latter mountain was prepared by the British during
the World War II as a center of protection for them from the West. These mountains
are located between the villages of Al-Aguz and Mendisha.
There is also Qasr Salim area, that has a number of Pharaonic tombs dug in a rocky
plateau, and the cemetery of Holy Apis located in Al-Fararji plateau. Moreover, there
are many large springs such as Ain (meaning “spring”) Al-Bashmu, Ain Al-Maftala,
Bir (meaning “well”) Al-Matar, Bir Sigam, and Bir No. 6. Next to Ain Al-Muftala
are Temple of Hercules, and other distinctive monuments in Kharga Oasis (Temple
of Dush, Temple of Hibis, etc.) that were formed by erosion factors. There is also
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Some rural villages in the oases seek to establish factories for pottery. Such factories tend to operate using traditional and primitive ways (cupboard) and are dominated
by men. It is because of society’s belief that it is a craft that women can not work
on. However, with the complexity of economic life and increase of rural migration
from outside the oasis to oasis, there has been an increasing need for women to work.
Further, the lack of government jobs has further pushed females to work in manual
labor. This has led to a demonstration of the artistic sense of the females in the use
of different colors to decorate clay pots.
There are a good number of local workshops operated by women in all the oases
mainly focusing on handicrafts, including hand-made carpet from sheep’s wool and
jelbab (galabiya) wahata (i.e. oasis dresses). Each oasis has its unique model and
decoration for its products depending on the surrounding environmental resources
for accessories. However, there is a shortage in the number of outlets and marketing
opportunities for such crafts and products to market inside and outside Egypt.
7 Impact of Tourism on Agriculture
The environment in oases is an important source for the establishment of many types
and forms of tourism including:
1. Medical and therapeutic tourism, due to the presence of sulfur springs flowing
self-healing of many rheumatic diseases, bone.
2. Safari tourism where visitors roam all the dazzling natural areas, many of which
have been deemed globally as natural habitats.
Reserves that cannot be entered without permission include the Black Desert
wherewith formations of black roses fossilized scattered formed by erosion and
erosion form. Also, The White Desert is full of the natural forms that embody some
birds (hen, rooster, rabbit), horse and camel, and the Crystal Mountain, the Cave
of Wax and Ain Khadra (meaning “green spring”), which is famous internationally
as being enchanted in the area of Farafra (Ain Al-Saru and Ain Dalla).
Moreover, there are places of magnificience such as Al-Aqabat meaning “obstacles” between Farafra Oasis and Bahariya Oasis, where large rocks that look like
tents are scattered, and Sandy Mountain which are the remnants of the Black Desert.
There are also Mountains of Al-Dust and Al-Mugharfa, and the English Mountain in
the area of Bahariya Oasis. The latter mountain was prepared by the British during
the World War II as a center of protection for them from the West. These mountains
are located between the villages of Al-Aguz and Mendisha.
There is also Qasr Salim area, that has a number of Pharaonic tombs dug in a rocky
plateau, and the cemetery of Holy Apis located in Al-Fararji plateau. Moreover, there
are many large springs such as Ain (meaning “spring”) Al-Bashmu, Ain Al-Maftala,
Bir (meaning “well”) Al-Matar, Bir Sigam, and Bir No. 6. Next to Ain Al-Muftala
are Temple of Hercules, and other distinctive monuments in Kharga Oasis (Temple
of Dush, Temple of Hibis, etc.) that were formed by erosion factors. There is also