Al Samaha is an all-women village in Egypt. It is currently home to around 303 single women, and men are strictly prohibited. Any woman who gets married is immediately asked to leave. It is located in the city of Edfu, around 120 kilometres from the southern city of Aswan. The village was dedicated by the government to widows and divorcees and includes plots of agricultural land to allow them to raise poultry and livestock as a source of income. The village project began in 1998 when the Ministry of Agriculture decided...