OTHER DESERT CITIES
HUFFINGTON
07.22.12
If you drive several hours south from the Egyptian
resort-town of Marsa Alam, you’ll come to the lunar-like sands
of Wadi el Gamal National Park. There you will find the
Ababda, an ancient nomadic tribe. Among them is Abdel Hamid,
whose family lives in a series of semi-permanent structures
near an unmarked iron mine. Hamid, who tends to
camels with his wife and six children, allowed Ana Nance
to chronicle a day in his life.
Egypt’s Eastern Desert
doesn’t have any roads, but
years of commuting by its
natives have created sporadic
trails that give travelers
a sense of direction.