One evening while taking a very long walk along the Sinai coast of the Red Sea, we came across these Bedouins making tea along the beach. What was remarkable was that we were miles from any sign of civilization – it was as if these Bedouins had just materialized out of the desert like phantoms: … Continue reading »
The Sinai Peninsula is becoming interesting… In the year since Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak was toppled, most of the world’s attention has been focused on Cairo and the Nile heartland of Egypt. This is not surprising or inappropriate… The future of the Arab world’s most populous country is being determined in the struggle between the army … Continue reading »
I took this picture from the Sinai Peninsula across the Red Sea to the coast of Saudi Arabia just a couple of days ago… At night, it was pitch black over there without any signs of human habitation at all. Farther up the coast, in Jordan, there were a number of visible lights from towns, … Continue reading »
