The mineral water that bubbles up from rock springs in the Siwa Oasis, a cluster of palm trees and mud huts in Egypt’s western desert, is reputedly some of the purest in the Middle East.
Safi Water, the company that sells it, has no website and no detectable advertising, though it does not seem to suffer from its low profile. One of its best customers is US Central Command, which buys the bottled water to quench the thirst of the thousands of US soldiers fighting in the Middle East.
It is one of the companies of the National Service Projects Organisation, part of the Egyptian defence ministry and one of a series of military-run entities that make everything from fertiliser and vehicles to olive oil and bread.
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