The Great Nubian Aquifer: The Axis of the New Western Development

About this book

Beneath the vast sands of the Western Desert, and in the heart of the silence wrapping thousands of kilometers of "the Great Sand Sea," rests an ancient geological secret tens of thousands of years old. Not buried gold nor relics of time's forgettings, but a "hidden Nile" flowing in silence beneath our feet; it is the Great Nubian Aquifer, the largest groundwater system on our planet. In this work, Dr. Amr El-Hilali takes us on a journey transcending geography to touch the ceiling of national ambition. The book offers no mere dead numbers or technical maps, but sketches the features of "the long-awaited Western future." The author dives into the depth of the earth to emerge with a strategic vision overturning the balances of development; a vision relying on replacing traditional paths with a real developmental axis linking Toshka and Siwa, passing through oases that for decades remained isolated islands. In a style blending scientific precision and the passion of building, the book raises inspiring questions: how can this "fossil water" redraw the map.