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ELITE Vol.1, Issue 30, April 2021 Happy

Ramadan

From Sinai, The Heart of The World

Carolin Sherif- Hania Bahaa-Nada Hosni-Bahey Eldin Ayman-Mariam Hefny-Salma Yasser

From a place that is often referred to as “the heart of the It’s characterized by its rich religious heritage and sacredness,
world”; where the east and west Arabian sides meet, the being a passageway to most prophets and a land of religions,
beauty of nature and history meet, we write this report where Prophet Ibrahim and Prophet Eissa passed through it, it
about “Sinai”. The marvelous and breathtaking land that was also mentioned in the Quran several times. Not only
mesmerizes its visitors with its golden sand, stunning known by its religious and touristic importance but also its
beaches, sky high and colorful mountains. Through a tour healing properties where it has many healing springs like “The
Pharaoh’s Bath, Moses Bath and Moses Springs”. It’s also
in the region that is considered the core of regional and referred to as “the Land of Turquoise” as it has one of the
international balance, oldest Turquoise and copper mines in the world.

we will present its outstanding history and the people’s Most importantly, Sinai’s geographical location has always
culture and traditions. Since we care deeply about the made it a place of interest to multiple countries; Where Sinai
accurate depiction of cultural exchange, we interviewed with its triangular shape that lies in the north east of Egypt, is
Seham Gamal, a third level student majoring in mostly surrounded by water. As North of Sinai is the
Economics in the faculty of Economics and Political Mediterranean Sea, East of it is the Gulf of Aqaba and lies to its
Science, who lives in North Sinai, and Gehad, a third west is the Gulf of Suez. Sinai is divided into 3 parts, its
level student in the faculty of Physiotherapy, beside a northern part is characterized by having a lot of plains, its mid
group of diverse students from Cairo University; to part which is often referred to as “Tih plateau” where the Jews
enrich your knowledge about the beautiful Sinai, that is were lost in the past where its constitutes one third of Sinai and
lastly, the southern part known as “El kesm el Nary”, that is
divided into North Sinai whose capital is “Al- Arish” and known for its mountains and most importantly, Saint Catherine
south Sinai whose capital is “Al-Tor”, from the eyes of mountain that is 2600 meters high.
its citizens and visitors.
Its high importance as stated above, has made it a war land. The
To make sure that no one forgets about the importance tripartite aggression (Suez crisis) in 1956 was the first attempt
of this land that is considered a treasure to Egypt, we to take Sinai, followed by The Setback (six Day War) in 1967,
wanted to know more about its history and origin, at which Sinai was occupied by Israel.
through asking our university’s students about their
knowledge regarding that topic. As Sinai is known to be
one of the richest governorates with political and
religious history, that has been connected to Egypt since
the Mamelukes and ottomans era.

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