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Egyptian Paradise

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Life in Jerusalem: living on the seam between Israelis and Palestinians, in Hebrew and Arabic, amid history, conflict, but also hope. My blog is about daily life, the people I meet, and ridiculous living abroad moments, from the bad haircuts to the search for a good burrito. For a 24/7 year of living the American-Arab relationship, check out my book, Live from Jordan at www.benjaminorbach.com. For previous Jerusalem posts, see my blog at www.benjaminorbach.blogspot.com. Ben

Egyptian Paradise

The warm breeze blows in from the Red Sea as I lie on a thin mattress, wrapped in a pale sheet on the sandy beach. Basata, simplicity in Arabic, is about 20 kilometers north of Nuweiba in Sinai, the peninsula south of Israel and Jordan, east of Suez, and across the Red Sea from Saudi Arabia.

Read more about "Egyptian Paradise" and see photos at Matador Trips at http://matadortrips.com/egyptian-paradise-basata-egypt/.
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