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Putting Middle Eastern Events in Cultural and Historical Context

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Saharan Snow: Snowfall in Tataouine

There's snow on the Saharan sands of the southern Tunisian desert towns of Tataouine and Matmata.

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If Tataouine sounds familiar to many Westerners, it's as the name of Luke Skywalker's home planet; the original Star Wars film's desert sequences were filmed in the Sahara around Tataouine. According to the report the last recorded snowfall was 1962, a half century ago.

Washington hasn't yet had any significant snowfall this year. Not so the Sahara, and Egypt as well. Climate change deniers?

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