Album: Sepat Pa Sebkhet
"Covering an area of approximately 1,100,000 square kilometers, Egypt's semi-autonomous Tribal Land covers an area almost the same size of the Indian subcontinent. It is squarish in shape and extends approximately 1,100 km from east to west, and 1,000 km from north to south.
The Tribal Lands is almost entirely composed of sand seas and other inhospitable desert landscapes. However, deep, fresh-water aquifers exist deep under the Sahara. Their life sustaining springs empty out into enormous oases valleys and canyons, some of which have been populated since predynastic days. These regions are home to what remains of Egypt's indigenous tribal cultures and are not incidentally also the last remaining habitats of many wildlife species long extinct in the eastern Sahara and the world.
Today, this incredible region is administered in part by the heriditary descendants of one of Egypt's most ancient surviving lineages. Heavily guarded and remotely located Wildlife Protected Regions are located throughout. Permissions to travel within are monitored by the Egyptian Goverment and Heriditary Tribal Council of the Sepat of Amoun Meri-Neith Pasebekhenuit ( Pa Sebkhet).The Egyptian Wildlife Service (EWS) (under the Minister of Agriculture, Dr Youssef Wali) is now headed by Dr Fohda (Undersecretary of State for Zoos and Wildlife, replacing Dr Amer). "
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