Desert days
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View from Jabal Khlayl over the Red Sea to Saudi Arabia. Anina Gmür/Daniel Auf der Mauer -
Guests on the day of the Festival of the Sacrifice. Anina Gmür/Daniel Auf der Mauer -
Wadi Ghazala, street after St Catherine. Anina Gmür/Daniel Auf der Mauer -
Near Bir Zghayr on pasture land. Anina Gmür/Daniel Auf der Mauer -
The garbage dump of Dahab. Anina Gmür/Daniel Auf der Mauer -
Near Bir Zghayr, pasture land. Anina Gmür/Daniel Auf der Mauer -
Bedouin woman with octopus. Anina Gmür/Daniel Auf der Mauer -
On the day of the Festival of the Sacrifice. Anina Gmür/Daniel Auf der Mauer -
Bir Zghayr Anina Gmür/Daniel Auf der Mauer -
Bir Zghayr Anina Gmür/Daniel Auf der Mauer -
Wadi Samghe, "Dahhye" dance after the Festival of the Sacrifice. Anina Gmür/Daniel Auf der Mauer
A photography book reveals the daily life of the Mzaina Bedouins in southern Sinai.
This content was published on April 14, 2012 - 11:00
The Mzaina Bedouins in this part of Egypt have lived according to the rules of their tribal culture for centuries.
Livestock breeding, religion and family dominate life in the desert. Increasingly, modern media, Western values, and urban ways of living are endangering their traditional culture.
The German-language book, Mzaina Bedouins in the Sinai, (Benteli, 2012) by Swiss photographers Anina Gmür and Daniel Auf der Mauer documents the change in striking pictures, accompanied by interviews with members of the tribe carried out by ethnologist Katrin Biallas.
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