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development efforts are complicated because the Sinai Peninsula is a "national security area" due to the sensitive nature of the Egypt's border with Israel and Gaza, and the terrorist attacks in three Sinai resort towns from 2004-2006

recent Bedouin-government tensions as a result of crackdown on illegal practices such as smuggling drugs and trafficking in arms and humans, which hinder development efforts

said that GOE ignored the Sinai for many years, after it was returned to Egypt in the peace treaty with Israel

In 1967, Israel invaded and took control over the entire peninsula. The Suez Canal, the east bank of which was controlled by Israel, was closed. In 1979 Israel and Egypt signed a peace treaty. Israel pulled out of Sinai in several stages, including the removal of its settlements which ended in 1982. The tourist cities are built around previous Israeli settlements. While the original population are bedouin, most of the staff and workers in this area come from Lower Egypt and especially the canal cities. Al Tor is the regional center of Southern Sinai, which includes Dahab, Nuweiba and Sharm. Al-Arish is the regional center of less visited Northern Sinai, close to Rafah and the border to the Gaza strip.

There is a busy border crossing between Eilat, Israel and Taba. See the Taba article for details on crossing in either direction.

Mount Sinai - reputedly the Mount Sinai where Abrahamic scripture claims Prophet Moses received the Ten Commandments, and the neighboring Monastery of St. Catherine Ras Abu Galum - nature reserve between Nuweiba and Dahab Basata - one of the oldest and most popular Ecolodges in Sinai. Note that Israelis are forbidden from entering the campsite.

The following activities are planned: New markets, especially markets abroad, are being explored through market surveys for traditional crafts products. The studies will provide feedback about customer preferences concerning quality standards, colors and designs, as well as information about products that appeal to the customers in the respective markets. At the same time they are meant to identify potential customers. The market feedback will be integrated into training activities that aim to improve not only the quality of finished products, but also foster the development of new products and designs. Trainings in sewing, embroidery or beadwork skills, as well as training in quality management, will lead to higher quality products. On the administration level, trainings for entrepreneurial and marketing skills will be developed. These activities will be adapted to the local situation while at the same time preparing partners to communicate with, and meet the expectations of, customers beyond the local tourism markets in Sina

The Al-Salam Canal brings water from the Damietta Branch of the Nile, under the Suez Canal to the Sinai Peninsula. First, the project provided irrigation waters to the area west of the Suez Canal. In October 1997, the culvert under the Suez was completed and water became available for irrigation in Block 1, the Tina Plain Zone (50,000 acres). Fields soon began to appear.

The cost of the project is estimated to exceed 7.5 billion Egyptian pounds (about $2 billion).

the traces of an ancient watershed in the Sinai Desert may hold clues to making sustainable agriculture possible in one of the driest places on earth

Geological evidence indicates that the Eastern Sahara has undergone climatic fluctuations of wet and dry episodes over the last two to three million years, with the last major wet cycle occurring between 9,500 and 4,500 years ago

the estimated population of 352 thousand people in 2010.  

Administrative division: - Joined the Sinai to the local administration for the first time by Presidential Decree No. 811 of 1974 Decree No. 84 of 1979, the division of the Sinai Peninsula to the North and South Sinai, which includes the northern Sinai: 6 administrative centers are El Arish - Rafah - Sheikh Zuwaid - Biral-Abed - good - and enters the palm trees in its 82 villages and 458 continued.

1 million acres of arid desert in central Sinai into farmland, at a rate of 200,000 acres per year. The plan includes settling some 1 million Egyptians in the new agricultural regions.

that 3,500 acres will be distributed to recent university graduates and small farmers, who will each be given 2 greenhouses for agricultural use.

a new underground water reservoir was discovered in the northern part of the Sinai’s western desert, which will supply 320 million cubic meters (84.5 billion gallons) of water yearly, enough to irrigate 70,000 acres during the project’s initial stage.

The wind power in Al-Arish and Rafah is not enough for economic applications, since the mean wind speed values at both sites are low as shown in figure (1). Therefore, we must investigate the possibility of using solar energy rather than wind energy at these sites

Wind power in Al-Arish and Rafah is relatively low. So that, the use of wind turbines may be limited for water pumping only. (3)       The solar energy applications are promising in Al-Arish and Rafah rather than the wind energy utilization due to the solar radiation richness in these sit

The wind results from the fact that the earth's equatorial regions receive more solar radiation than the polar region. This causes large-scale convection current in the atmosphere

2- The Railroad Line The railroad line's length reaches 225 km. from Ismailia/Al-Arish/Rafah and includes 13 stations. 6 stations were carried out which are: Al-Qantara East/Gilbana/Balooza/Romana/Negila/Beir Al-Abd. The cost of this line reaches LE 320 million from Al-Ferdan to Beir Al-Abd at a length of 100 km as a first phase, and 7 stations of 125 km as a second phase. 3- Al-Ferdan Bridge (of the railroad) Al-Ferdan Bridge is located on the north of Ismailia and is considered as the longest railroad in the world, as its length reaches 4 km. 4- Mubarak-Al-Salam Bridge The bridge is located in the south of Al-Qantara East city at a length of 9 km, a wide of 20 m and a cost of LE 670 million.

6- Electrical Link projects The electrical lines were established to link Al-Qantara and Al-Arish (220 k), Al-Shat and Ras Al-Naqb (500 k), and the link was implemented on the united electricity network on 26/12/1998.

The desert of the Sinai Peninsula receives the most rainfall of any part of Egypt — around 304 millimetres annually — but most of it is of no benefit to agriculture, instead flowing out into the Mediterranean Sea in flash floods.

redirecting rainwater in the Wadi El-Arish valley’s drainage area down the river’s former path, away from the sea, to an area where it can be used for irrigation.

The population of Sinai is less than 500,000, which is less than 1% of the Egyptian population.

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.

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

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