"Camels Through Libya - a Desert Adventure from the Fringes of the Sahara to the Oases of Upper Egyp

December 20, 2020Sergio Volpi1 min readTravellers & explorers

This post is a revised republication of a post first published on August 11, 2019: see the original version.

Campbell in his book describes his journey through the Italian Libya in 1931 and 1932 which leads him to pass by the oasis of Siwa coming from Jarabub. It doesn't say anything new about Siwa and its surroundings (but it does provide photos from 1932 including one from El 'Areg Oasis)

"Camels Through Libya - a Desert Adventure from the Fringes of the Sahara to the Oases of Upper Egyp

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Travellers & explorersDecember 20, 2020

Siwa oasis - Historical, Geographical, Social and Economic Aspects By Hussein Ali Ar Rifai

Siwa in 1932. Photos taken from the book by Hussein Ali El Rifai. (Professor of Political Science and Economics and Economic Inspector at the Ministry of Industry) - Alamiria Press in Cairo

Travellers & explorersDecember 20, 2020

Photo from Robin Maugham's book - "Journey to Siwa" made in 1947.

These are the first images that I found after the end of the war and they show us a still traditional Siwa but we are close enough to our times to recognize places and, perhaps, people.

Travellers & explorersDecember 20, 2020

VOILA -L'Hebdomadaire du Reportage 7 Octobre 1938

Article written in the magazine by a member of Victor Stoloff's team who stayed in Siwa for three months in 1937 to shoot a film about the life of the Oasis, entitled "Desert Boy"