Al Gharbiah lies practicaly in the centre of the Nile Delta region. Here is situated Egypt’s fifth largest city, Tanta, which is at the same time the largest one in the Delta. Tanta houses one of the country’s major universities and is the center for one of the biggest Egypt’s celebrations, which brings the whole city to life in late October at the end of the cotton harvest. About two million people from around the Delta and other parts of the Arab world come for the Moulid of Sayid Ahmed el-Badawi, which is an eight day celebration. The moulid is centered around the Mosque and Tomb of Sayid Ahmed el Badawi, who was the founder of one of Egypt's largest Sufi orders called Badawiya. During the festival many sugar-coated nuts called 'hubb el Azziz' ('seeds of the Beloved Prophet') are eaten. They have been considered a delicacy since ancient times. The Museum of Tanta contains collections from present day back to Pharaonic times.