Deserts of Egypt

Par Dany Marique Au beyond the Nile, river of civilization, Egypt is just an immense desert. I first invite you to the Sinai, the Turquoise Land of the Pharaohs. Crossed by the biblical exodus of Moses, Sinai is a sacred mountain for the three revealed religions. It is still inhabited: Bedouin tribes subjected to the pressures of a world that surpasses them. For 15 centuries, these Bedous have been protecting Ste Catherine, an orthodox monastery that defies time... The oases of the Libyan Sahara tell in their own way the transition of civilizations: Pharaonic, Roman, the early Christians, the advent of Islam... Still very mysterious, the sand ocean of the Sahara conceals a multitude of secrets: the swallowed army of Cambyses, the mythical oasis of Zarzoura, the strange frescoes of the Cave of Beasts and that of the Swimmers in Gilf Kebir a thousand leagues from the Nile. I invite you to discover this desert – once green and inhabited – which for some served as the matrix for Pharaonic Egypt. This exploration film follows the traces left by man in these migrations. But it also expresses the immoderate attraction and timeless pleasure offered by one of the most arid deserts on our planet. ::: Thursday, December 10, 2026 ::: At 2:00 PM ::: Admission fee: €5 (with pie and coffee) ::: At the Engis cultural center