How remote can you be?
Kharga oasis is being developed as a tourist destination, but there is a long way to go before it can earn a place on the tourist map, says Nevine El-Aref

An unfulfilled vision
Travelling through Kharga oasis, photographer Sherif Sonbol captured this remarkable interplay of light and shadow in Hassan Fathi's masterpiece of architecture at New Baris which, unhappily, remains an empty shell