Talk:Siwa Oasis

message: The external link to the CNN site is no longer valid.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.170.15.246 (talk) 17:57, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: How large is the oasis? Is this just one lake with vegetation around it or several lakes? 69.129.145.7 (talk) 22:06, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Size

message: The article lacks completely an explanation why Siwa is an oasis and its geological background. Why is there a lake?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.229.67.53 (talk) 09:36, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is Siwa an oasis? 

message: My understanding is that Siwa Oasis had, until relatively recently, a culture somewhat different from that of the Nile Valley, and that some of their practices gave rise to conflicts with the nominal values of the latter area. Perhaps more on the art styles, history, society and culture, and relation to what might loosely be termed Libyan cultural areas, of Siwa Oasis would be within the scope of the article.FurnaldHall (talk) 18:15, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Formerly Culture and Society 

message: Why was bathing in the pool regarded as "Sacrilege"? This makes no sense since the inhabitants are Muslims, not Egyptian reconstructionist pagans... the German article offers the opinion that it is, but not that this was how the people of the Oasis saw things. This should be removed. Paul S (talk) 23:32, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Possibly because being the only oasis and therefore source of potable water for several hundred miles, using the only source of drinking and cooking water for bathing might not be a good idea if one wants to remain on friendly terms with the locals.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.7.147.13 (talk) 20:03, 11 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Sacrilege" 

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thread_title:  Original Research 

message: What evidence is there that the oasis was (or is) called ⲥⲓⲟⲩⲁϩ in Coptic? At the moment this is uncited. - Lameen Souag (talk) 14:56, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Coptic name

message: The section reads (unsourced): “The practice probably arose because from ancient times unmarried men and adolescent boys were required to live and work together outside the town of Shali.”
This is an incorrect and outdated view. People do not “turn gay” due to exposure to the same sex. They are either born gay or not.
Gold333 (talk) 21:12, 19 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Siwan homosexuality

message: "Urban oasis" means a park surrounded by a city. Where is the city? Marnanel (talk) 23:26, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Urban oasis