Tunis is a small hamlet located on a beautiful ridge running parallel to the shores of the lake Qaroun on the way to wadi el Rayan ,it has amazing overlooking view on the lake
Tunis is a small hamlet located on a beautiful ridge running parallel to the shores of the lake Qaroun on the way to Wadi El Raiyan, it has amazing overlooking view on the Lake. Some twenty years ago, artists, painters, writers, journalists and others, from Cairo and elsewhere from the world, have chosen to live there because of the beautiful scenery, the peace and tranquility, and its proximity to Cairo. They built beautiful mud-brick houses in traditional style with leafy gardens and fanastic views overlooking the lake. The newcomers contribute to the life of the village community. Villagers are partly settled Bedouin and cultivate arid land reclaimed from the desert.
One of the residents was Evelyn, a Swiss potter, decided to live and work there from around 40 years. She uses a variety of different clay types and glazes. Evelyn, exports her art around the world. She has established a pottery school for children who make beautiful designs, primarily of animals in warm earth tone glazes. The school teaches many of the local village youth pottery as an art, and not as a craft. Some of the pottery school students have even displayed their work outside Egypt. The school atract and host potters from Egypt and all over the world. Potter like Ahmad Abou Zied joined the village on 1997 and permanently shows his very interesting pieces there.
The farmlands and Lake tracks around Tunis offer a good walk chance to explore birds of the Egyptian countryside. This is an excellent location for seeing a wide variety of waterbirds and many migrating birds that come to Lake Qaroun in winter time.
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