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Is Egypt isolating Bedouins in south Sinai?

Residents of south Sinai are outraged over leaked reports about the government building a fence that would separate the resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh from the rest of the province.

A Bedouin waits for tourists to get a camel ride in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh city, which is hosting the Arab Summit on Saturday, in the South Sinai governorate, south of Cairo March 27, 2015. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh - GF10000041148
A Bedouin waits for tourists to take a camel ride in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, in the south Sinai governorate, Egypt, March 27, 2015. — REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

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