With this amount of sand coverage, there’s still plenty of opportunity for the formation of vast dune seas, known as ergs.

While most tourists stick to the Nile valley, Stanley Stewart heads west into a land of oases, temples, monks and miracles ...

Of everything that we did in Morocco, spending a night in a Sahara desert luxury camp (aka going glamping in the Sahara) was ...

"It's a city surrounded by an ocean of sand that's advancing every minute," El Wely, the president of the local Association for Participatory Oasis Management, said. "There are places that I walk ...

Chinguetti, Mauritania is home to some of West Africa’s oldest Quranic texts and manuscripts. It could soon be swallowed by the sand.

After a dazzling career in poetry, the Iranian American author makes his novelist debut with ‘Martyr!’, a story based on his ...

“It’s a city surrounded by an ocean of sand that’s advancing every minute,” El Wely, the president of the local Association for Participatory Oasis ... deep in the Sahara Desert.

Once thriving centres of life, Morocco’s oases are drying up due to high temperatures, prolonged droughts and unsustainable water management ...

“It’s a city surrounded by an ocean of sand that’s advancing every minute,” El Wely, the president of the local Association for Participatory Oasis ... deep in the Sahara Desert.

Dramatically different ecosystems can even bump up against each other — imagine a watery oasis in the middle of the Sahara Desert. And, they can be temporary. Vernal pools show up every spring ...