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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Shahira
    sub title: nomads of the Sahara
  name:
    name part: Saywell, Shelley.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Reid, William.
  type of resource: moving image
  genre: videorecording
  genre: Internet videos.
  genre: Documentary films.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 1988
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (52 min.).
  abstract: This is an inspirational documentary about a young Muslim woman, trained as an anthropologist, who suffered hardship and professional censure to save a desert tribe from becoming extinct in the harsh Sahara. The Bishari tribe had lived in the Sahara for 5,00 years, but were unknown to Egyptian authorities. The Bishari were living in a time warp, their warriors believing they were still the guardians of the ancient Roman gold mines. When the Aswan Dam was constructed, the Bishari s grazing ground became submerged. Anthropologist Shahira Fawzy discovered them by chance, suffering from illness and malnutrition. Going against the wishes of her traditional family, Shahira went to live among the Bishari. She studied their customs, fought the government bureaucracy on their behalf, and helped them develop skills such as irrigation, well digging and gardening. Her aim was to ensure that the tribe would maintain its unique culture while surviving in the modern world. Here is a documentary so exotic and fascinating that it has the aura of fiction. It will be memorable viewing in Anthropology, African Studies and Women's Studies programs.
  target audience: For College; Adult audiences.
  target audience: general
  note: by William Reid and Shelley Saywell.
  note: Originally released as DVD.
  note: Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).
  note: Slide.
  note: This edition in English.
  note: Best Documentary Photography, Canadian Society of Cinematographers, 1988
  note: Certificate of Outstanding Achievement, Women in Film Festival, 1988
  note: Mannheim International Film Festival, 1988
  note: Red Ribbon, American Film and Video Festival, 1989
  subject:
    topic: Bishári (African people)
  subject:
    topic: Nomads
    geographic: Egypt
  subject:
    topic: Nomads
    geographic: Sahara
  subject:
    topic: Women anthropologists
    geographic: Egypt
  subject:
    geographic: Egypt
  subject:
    geographic: Sahara
  classification: GN303 .S299 1988
  related item:
    identifier: (OCoLC)747799331
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: VaAlASP
    record creation date: 080405
    record change date: 20260324201937.5
    record identifier: in00003744046