Tag: Sinai Peninsula

On my last visit to Egypt, in 1999, I spent several days in one of my favorite places, the Sinai Peninsula, a 61,000 square kilometer desert of spectacular Red Sea coast lines, undulating sand dunes, shady oases and craggy mountains. I was truly in my element as I explored this pristine region, which on a […]

I discovered the Sinai Peninsula in the summer of 1967, shortly after Israel had conquered it in the Six Day War. Like so many other North Americans whose head had been turned by that war, I had come to Israel to be a volunteer on a kibbutz. A month or so into my stay, the […]