Sinai: The Site and the History: Essays
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: El-Din, Morsi Saad / Aaher, Ayman / Saadeldin, Mursi, PUBLISHER: New York University Press, The Sinai peninsula--a fabled triangle of long>andong> squeezed between Africa ong>andong> Asia--harbors a rich deposit of cultural history. For many centuries, Sinai has served as a pivotal transit station, a lively route of caravans, armies, missionaries, ong>andong> pilgrimages, ong>andong> a military shield for Egypt. Sinai is also known as the crossroads of the world's three major religions: the site of Moses' exodus, it has subsequently been the entry point for Christianity's ong>andong> Islam's spread into Africa ong>andong> Asia. Formerly isolated from the Egyptian mainlong>andong>, Sinai is today poised on the threshold of new era. After regaining Sinai from Israel, Egypt encouraged Sinai's integration with the motherlong>andong>, emphasizing its potential for tourism. Sinai: The Site ong>andong> the History accordingly provides a point of reference from which this long>andong> can be discovered ong>andong> rediscovered. The work of a distinguished group of journalists ong>andong> scholars, with over 60 stunning color photographs, Sinai provides a comprehensive picture of the region: its breathtaking geography, its remarkable secular ong>andong> religious history, ong>andong> the culture ong>andong> customs of its Bedouin peoples.