The We Grounded and Nabia music festivals, which recently kicked off in the Sinai Peninsula in northern Egypt, provoked an uproar across the country as they were organized by Israelis and coincided with Egypt’s anniversary of the Sinai liberation.
The two festivals in Sinai were organized in mid-April, 350 kilometers (217 miles) from Tel Aviv, on the occasion of the Jewish Passover holiday. But the timing coincided with Egypt’s commemoration of the liberation of Sinai, which was occupied by Israel from 1967 until April 25, 1982.
