Where the wind is king
Once upon a time a visit to an oasis brought to mind a thirsty caravan crossing a barren sand-dune desert towards a freshwater spring shielded by a few date palms, while a camel stood under a saiel tree. But times have changed. Sahar El-Bahr found the Kharga and Dakhla oases present a different picture for today's desert travellers

The leaning colossi of Thebes
The two massive statues which once marked the entrance of a now-vanished mortuary temple are tilting. Are the famous colossi in danger of collapse? Jill Kamil looks into work being carried out on the Theban necropolis and the call for financial support