• A Bedouin nomad woman wearing traditional clothes herd sheep and cows next to her tent during a stay along the highway road, which leads to the capital city of Cairo, on Egypt's Nile Delta province of Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt February 9, 2022. Picture taken February 9, 2022. REUTERS/Hadeer Mahmoud NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.
    A Bedouin nomad woman wearing traditional clothes herd sheep and cows next to her tent during a stay along the highway road, which leads to the capital city of Cairo, on Egypt's Nile Delta province of Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt February 9, 2022. Picture taken February 9, 2022. REUTERS/Hadeer Mahmoud NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.
  • The El Dawaghra comprise more than 300 families of livestock herders who for generations have wandered the land as nomads, resisting the urge to settle like many other Bedouin tribes.
    The El Dawaghra comprise more than 300 families of livestock herders who for generations have wandered the land as nomads, resisting the urge to settle like many other Bedouin tribes.
  • Although they have identification papers, they otherwise live outside the boundaries of Egypt's vast bureaucracy, neither sending their children to public schools nor benefiting from the state food subsidy system.
    Although they have identification papers, they otherwise live outside the boundaries of Egypt's vast bureaucracy, neither sending their children to public schools nor benefiting from the state food subsidy system.
  • Bedouin children herd sheep in the Nile Delta province of Kafr El Sheikh.
    Bedouin children herd sheep in the Nile Delta province of Kafr El Sheikh.
  • Mariam, a Bedouin nomad grandmother born in 1913, rests in her tent during a stay along a road leading to Cairo.
    Mariam, a Bedouin nomad grandmother born in 1913, rests in her tent during a stay along a road leading to Cairo.
  • The tribe cannot afford routine medical care, relying on public hospitals if children fall sick.
    The tribe cannot afford routine medical care, relying on public hospitals if children fall sick.
  • Taking a break next to a canal after herding sheep and cows.
    Taking a break next to a canal after herding sheep and cows.
  • A Bedouin nomad woman looks out from her tent.
    A Bedouin nomad woman looks out from her tent.
  • Elsayed Abuhamed, (L) with other Bedouin nomads in the Nile Delta province of Kafr El Sheikh.
    Elsayed Abuhamed, (L) with other Bedouin nomads in the Nile Delta province of Kafr El Sheikh.
  • A Bedouin woman squeezes tomatoes by hand for a family lunch.
    A Bedouin woman squeezes tomatoes by hand for a family lunch.
  • Eman, 13, milks cows near her tent.
    Eman, 13, milks cows near her tent.
  • A Bedouin family gather around a fire after a heavy rainstorm.
    A Bedouin family gather around a fire after a heavy rainstorm.
  • Thanaa Abeda with her children in a tent in Kafr El Sheikh.
    Thanaa Abeda with her children in a tent in Kafr El Sheikh.
  • Bedouin nomad Safa, 15.
    Bedouin nomad Safa, 15.

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Bedouin nomads in the Nile Delta - in pictures

A day in the life of the El Dawaghra tribe in Egypt's Kafr El Sheikh

The National

March 02, 2022

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Updated: March 02, 2022, 9:46 AM
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