Northern Sinai

The reasons for one becoming a Kamikaze pilot stem from the Japanese heritage. From the time that they were young, Japanese children were taught (some call it brainwashed) to accept the fact that their lives belonged to the Emperor

Sector Consumed amount % Agriculture 50.80 81.10

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Table 1. Available and potential water resources (in billion m3) annually

Transport also contributes to economic development through job creation and its derived economic activities. Accordingly, a large number of direct (freighters, managers, shippers) and indirect (insurance, finance, packaging, handling, travel agencies, transit operators) employment are associated with transport. Producers and consumers take economic decisions on products, markets, costs, location, prices which are themselves based on transport services, their availability, costs and capacity.

comprehensive economic development is the solution to resolving Sinai's problems including providing security, eliminating smuggling and controlling terrorism

Al Roqei also encouraged the development of the handicraft industry as a way for Sinai Bedouin women to contribute to the family income

Hopefully the last in this long string of incarnations, the new Al-Firdan bridge was budgeted upwards of LE300 million and is only one link in the elaborate railroad projects planned to connect the Nile Delta cities with Sinai, and perhaps even Europe. Based on figures given by Minister of Transportation Ibrahim El-Demeiri, the whole project will cost an estimated LE1.6 billion.