The Sahara has withstood numerous projects aimed at halting its expansion. A solution based on the shape of the land has ...

The Sahara may look empty, but its harsh climate, vanishing water, shifting sands, and turbulent history explain why life there is so rare and why this vast desert remains one of the most unique ...

Luis (Sergi López) travels with a group of ravers in an effort to find his missing daughter in Sirāt. (NEON) The Arabic word sirāt means "path" or "way"; in Islamic scripture, it refers to a narrow ...

One of the most interesting survival stories you will ever hear about is also one of the most controversial. In many ways, the story of Mauro Prosperi, an Italian pentathlete who got lost in the ...

As the Saharan sun rose on my waylaid team, one morning in September 2022, it seemed to burn with particular intensity. For nearly three weeks we’d been holed up in a mud-walled compound in the oasis ...

Chance discoveries while traveling give another dimension to what’s been planned and researched. So often it’s the unexpected things that are best remembered and inspire a return visit. In 2024, I had ...

How do camels survive in deserts? Camels are well suited to their desert habitats, with numerous clever adaptations that help ...

Sirāt tells the story of a man searching for his lost daughter at a rave in the Sahara Desert. Though it carries echoes of earlier cinema,... 'Sirāt' is a desert survival story — and one of the year's ...