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Southern and Smaller Oases, the Western Desert
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On tentative list 2003
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Southern And Smaller Oases, The Western Desert
Southern and Smaller Oases, the Western Desert (On tentative list)

Egypt's TWHS needs updating; however, I can say that Dakhla Oasis, one of the five "Southern and Smaller Oases, the Western Desert" will retain its position as candidate for World Heritage Listing in whatever nomenclature or serial nomination form.
It's currently categorised as a natural site, yet it's easily a Cultural Landscape, either Relic or Continuing, depending on the finalised range of buffer and core zone components. The fortified Islamic town of Al Qasr (the iconic Nasr el-Din mosque photo enclosed) is no longer fully inhabited as of December 2020; yet with careful eye, one can detect how this old town, its past residents and the surrounding landscape had interacted within that certain period of time.
Likewise, the farming, irrigation and settlement patterns in Dakhla Oasis continue to evolve.
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