Sidi Abdel Rahman

Introducing Sidi Abdel Rahman

The gorgeous beaches of Sidi Abdel Rahman are the raison d’être for this growing resort hamlet, and with charter flights starting between Europe and nearby El Alamein (23km east), development is likely to continue. Several resorts take prime position on the sparkling waters and white sands of the Mediterranean and are the major draw – though there is little else to see or do here.

Bedouins from the Awlad Ali tribe occasionally congregate in a small village about 3km in from the beach. Originally from the Libyan Cyrenaica, they came to the region several hundred years ago and settled, subduing the smaller local tribes of the Morabiteen. The Egyptian government has been attempting to settle these nomads, so today most Bedouins have forsaken their tents and herd their sheep and goats from the immobility of government-built houses, though you’re still likely to see people ushering herds of livestock around.

Last updated: Feb 17, 2009