Sheikh Bilal Swailem: “The Land of Turquoise” will remain coveted… and reconstruction is a weapon of confrontation
Over the course of 3 years, “Rosa Al-Youssef” has been keen to To attend the anniversary of “Resilience and Challenge” For the famous Al-Hasna conference that was held in 1968, in which the honorable sheikhs of Sinai at that time rejected the demands of the Israeli enemy, the usurper of this land, to secede Sinai from the motherland, Egypt. However, this time the ceremony and interest in the occasion were different, and the event was at the level that befits the land of turquoise, as it was attended by Major General Khaled Mujawar, Governor of North Sinai, in person for the first time, political parties, sheikhs of all tribes, executive bodies, and various media outlets.
«Remembrance of steadfastness and defiance» It remains a symbol of the struggle of the beloved Bedouins of Sinai who love this country. For the first time, this ceremony is organized in the village of “Al-Jifjafa”. One of the villages affiliated with Al-Hasana Center in North Sinai Governorate, located on the “Ismailia – Al-Awja Al-Awsat” road. It is one of the strongholds of the Al-Ahiwat tribe and is about 80 km away from the city of Ismailia towards the east and from the city of Al-Hasana 98 km towards the west.
«dryness» Which is located in the charming central Sinai region, it is necessary for young people from the new generations to know about it, this land that was watered by the blood of the martyrs in all historical eras in which the enemy tried to penetrate our eastern borders from the era of Ahmose and Ramesses II through the modern era of the Tenth of Ramadan War “October 6” Passing through the elimination of terrorism during the past years in central Sinai. The senior sheikhs of Sinai call the Al-Jifjafa area “the land of battles.” It is a series of plateaus interspersed with some mountains that gradually slope towards the north. It also penetrates from south to north the Wadi Al-Arish and the point of Nakhl in the middle. The plateau region is located between latitudes 30° – 29°. Its height ranges between 500 – 1,500 meters above sea level, and the most famous plateaus in this central sector are the historically famous Al-Teh Plateau, which extends to about 140 kilometers, then the Al-Ajama Plateau, which is located to the north of the Al-Teh Plateau and extends to about 115 kilometers.
Despite these general features of the plateau region in central Sinai, it is possible to distinguish between 3   Units within it, the first of which is: the western sector, which is mountainous, and plateau most of which is completely plateau, as it is a collection of mountainous masses interrupted by valleys, and the valleys of this part face westward, and to its west is a wide coastal plain to one degree or another, and as for the central sector of this region, it is closer to the table plateau that It is divided into lobes of tributaries of Wadi Al-Arish, and the valleys of this part have a north-south direction and drain north. As for the eastern sector of the Central Plateau region, it is lower in elevation and is interspersed with valleys heading towards the east, the most famous of which is Wadi Al-Arish.
Most of this valley and its tributaries are located within the central region of Sinai. It is the largest valley in Sinai and one of the largest and most moderate desert valleys in all of Egypt. In ancient times, it was called “the River of Egypt,” and the many tributaries of Wadi Al-Arish are what open the heart of Sinai for transportation and movement. Commercial and strategic, and many paths and paths are determined by it, so many of the well-known sites of Central and North Sinai are located on one or more of these tributaries in Nakhl, Bir Jabal, Al-Hosn, Bir Ghada, Al-Thamd, then Al-Kuntilla, Al-Qusima, and Al-Sabha on the eastern border, and the length of Wadi Al-Arish is about 250 kilometers. Its drainage basin includes almost half of the area of Sinai. This description was necessary to explain to the young generations so that they would know the nature of the land that the ancestors preserved so that it would reach them.
