Xinhua Wire - November 20, 2009
(091120) -- SIWA, Nov. 20, 2009 (Xinhua) -- I am Islam Omar Rageh, a 10 years old boy. I'm a pupil of Zafereya Primary School at Siwa Oasis, 560km from Cairo. I want to grow up. I want to help my father in the farm. When I finish my high school, I want to study the law in college. I want to be the Sheikh of qabela (the leader of the tribe) like my father, helping the people in our qabela to solve their problems. This photo I took on Oct.23, 2009 shows my cousin Zaineb. She is wearing the traditional Siwaian clothes. Most Siwaian people are the offspring of Berber, which moved here from Algeria. We have our own language which is called berber language.