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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CAIRO — The south Sinai governorate has started building a 37-kilometer (23-mile) concrete barrier around the resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh on the Red Sea, stretching from east to west, from Nabq National Park to Ras Mohamed Nature Reserve.

This step coincides with the government’s efforts to revive its tourism sector that has been affected by a Russian plane crash in the area in 2015, in what was classified as a terrorist attack that killed 224 people.

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