Back to the complete issue
Sunday, 28 January 2018

230-km Sinai Trail gives South Sinai’s Bedouins a lifeline

In non-election coverage, CNN is taking a look at the importance of South Sinai’s Bedouin trail: Launched in 2015, the 230 km-long Sinai Trail has given South Sinai’s Bedouins a lifeline after the downturn in tourism following the 2011 revolution, Jen Rose Smith writes for CNN. The hiking trail also offers a peek into the lives of the area’s indigenous tribes and how they have been marginalized from mainstream tourist developments, Smith says. “It’s an arid landscape that’s starkly beautiful. But for all of Sinai’s charm, the trail’s most vital geography is human.”

Also worth a quick skim today:

  • Jailed Brit Laura Plummer is expected to be pardoned and released in the next few days, The Telegraph reports. She was arrested for bringing 290 tabs of a restricted substance into the country.
  • Two years after the murder of Italian student Giulio Regeni in Cairo, the search for the truth continues, Guido Rampoldi writes for Open Democracy.

Enterprise is a daily publication of Enterprise Ventures LLC, an Egyptian limited liability company (commercial register 83594), and a subsidiary of Inktank Communications. Summaries are intended for guidance only and are provided on an as-is basis; kindly refer to the source article in its original language prior to undertaking any action. Neither Enterprise Ventures nor its staff assume any responsibility or liability for the accuracy of the information contained in this publication, whether in the form of summaries or analysis. © 2022 Enterprise Ventures LLC.

Enterprise is available without charge thanks to the generous support of HSBC Egypt (tax ID: 204-901-715), the leading corporate and retail lender in Egypt; EFG Hermes (tax ID: 200-178-385), the leading financial services corporation in frontier emerging markets; SODIC (tax ID: 212-168-002), a leading Egyptian real estate developer; SomaBay (tax ID: 204-903-300), our Red Sea holiday partner; Infinity (tax ID: 474-939-359), the ultimate way to power cities, industries, and homes directly from nature right here in Egypt; CIRA (tax ID: 200-069-608), the leading providers of K-12 and higher level education in Egypt; Orascom Construction (tax ID: 229-988-806), the leading construction and engineering company building infrastructure in Egypt and abroad; Moharram & Partners (tax ID: 616-112-459), the leading public policy and government affairs partner; Palm Hills Developments (tax ID: 432-737-014), a leading developer of commercial and residential properties; Mashreq (tax ID: 204-898-862), the MENA region’s leading homegrown personal and digital bank; Industrial Development Group (IDG) (tax ID:266-965-253), the leading builder of industrial parks in Egypt; Hassan Allam Properties (tax ID:  553-096-567), one of Egypt’s most prominent and leading builders; and Saleh, Barsoum & Abdel Aziz (tax ID: 220-002-827), the leading audit, tax and accounting firm in Egypt.