This week, an array of cultural luminaries traveled to the ancient Siwa Oasis in Egypt’s far-off Western Desert for the inauguration of a private museum dedicated to the art of Peter Beard, the ...

Deep in the Sahara, the city of Siwa thrives - a green paradise surrounded by death. It hasn’t seen a river in millennia, yet water flows beneath its sands. The secret lies underground, where rain ...

For those who find themselves awed by arid landscapes, there’s no place like Africa. The continent boasts nine separate deserts, including a vast Sahara that sprawls across much of the north, the rust ...