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The Sinai Peninsula or Sinai (Coptic: ⲥⲓⲛⲁ sina; Egyptian Arabic: sina سينا; Arabic, sina'a سيناء; Sinin in most Semitic languages, Hebrew: סיני‎ Sinai) is an inverte triangle-shaped peninsula in Egypt. It lies between the Mediterranean Sea (to the north) and Red Sea (to the south), forming a land bridge to Southwest Asia. Its area is about 60,000 km². The Egyptians call it the Land of Fayrouz.

Trivia about sinai

  • With help from the British & the French, Israeli forces occupied this peninsula Oct. 31, 1956
  • It's the mount where Moses talks with God in Exodus 19
  • Israel's conflict with Egypt near the end of 1956 led to the Israeli seizure of this peninsula
  • The peninsula where the Israelites wandered for 40 years after fleeing Egypt
  • Israeli troops occupied this peninsula from 1967 to 1982
  • The 1979 Israel-Egypt peace treaty called for the return of this peninsula to Egypt
  • The tallest mountains in Egypt are located on this large peninsula
  • It was just deserts for Burton Bernstein with his study of "The Great & Terrible wilderness" of this desert of Moses
  • This peninsula has long served as the land bridge between Egypt & Asia
  • Following Sadat's visit to Jerusalem, Egypt regained the occupied parts of this peninsula
  • In Exodus 19 God warns the Israelites to keep away from this mountain while he's up there or they'll get stoned
  • If we trek to the southern section of this Egyptian peninsula, we can visit the mount of the same name
  • Egypt's Bay of Tinah lies on the north shore of this peninsula
  • This mount "as altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire"

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