Sinai Development Threatens Sacred Site | JQJO

A massive luxury development, the Great Transfiguration Project, threatens Mount Sinai's sacred sites and the Bedouin community. Five hotels, villas, and a shopping complex are planned, causing concern over environmental damage and cultural destruction. Locals have faced forced displacement and the destruction of homes without compensation. While presented as a boon to tourism, critics see it as imposed development benefiting outsiders, sparking protests and concerns from Greece, a key stakeholder in St. Catherine's Monastery. The project's impact on the Bedouin's way of life and the monastery's future remains uncertain.