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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Main Authors: Niethammer, Carmen, Abdella, Heba, Siblini, Kamal M., Samir Fadl, Nermine
Language:English
Published: 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