0004_Sinai

The Bedouin community once made a living guiding pilgrims and traders through the Sinai mountain ranges, but today this practice has become a rarity, as the government has focused on costal tourism developments, leaving central Sinai underdeveloped and under a tight security lock down. Without economic incentives, younger generations are losing the skills and culture of their nomadic past. One of the primary goals of the Sinai Trail is to train Bedouin youth in the ways of the mountains. Badr (left) and Seif (right) are two of the youngest trainees that accompanied the expedition.