To visit a Nubian village is to experience something completely different from any other Egyptian village scene. At Gharb Sohail, a village of about 3,000 inhabitants a short distance from Aswan in ...

"Due to a shared cultural background, common social and economic conditions and inherited building materials and techniques, slight variations distinguish the character of the majority of villages in ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. The Movenpick Resort Aswan, also on Elephantine Island, looks back toward Aswan, with spectacular ...

The lush farmland where Bakri Gaffar played as a boy, scaling palm trees and fishing the Nile, now lies deep underwater. Gaffar, 75, still remembers every contour of his village, which the Egyptian ...

This ancient trading city on the Nile is the most wonderfully scenic of all Egypt’s riverside towns, with plenty of energy and attitude to match. Arriving in Aswan is a highly scenic finale to a ...

A crocodile hatchling is crawling on my shirt making its way to my head. I scream. Seven-year-old Ali Mustafa nimbly picks up the reptile. He grins, rather mischievously. We are inside a colourful ...