Alone on the Nile, fisherman's worries drift away

Development encroaches on Qorsaya island in the Nile, long home for fisherman, his two wives and their 13 children, at least one grown and a fisherman like his dad. 'If you ask me to choose between eating food or drinking from the Nile, I choose the Nile. I can't describe the value of the Nile. There are no words.'

Los Angeles Times 2008-08-03

Categories: Fishing, URBAN & RURAL BOUNTY

Index: bayad, Cairo, Egypt, fisherman, fishing, Giza, Nile, Noha El-Hennawy, Pharaonic Village, Qorsaya island, Refat Farghaly, Upper Egypt