Egypt’s housing, tourism ministers chair national committee meeting on ‘Great Transfiguration’ project in Sinai – Egypt Today

Egypt’s housing, tourism ministers chair national committee meeting on ‘Great Transfiguration’ project in Sinai – Egypt Today

CAIRO – 18 May 2022: Egypt’s Minister of Housing Assem El-Gazzar and Minister of Tourism Khaled El-Anani chaired on Wednesday a meeting for the presidential national committee regarding the project of “the Great Transfiguration over the Land of Peace” being implemented in St. Katherine. The project comes as part of efforts to develop St Katherine, which lies in the middle of a mountain range, the most famous of which is Mount Musa, on which God Almighty spoke to his Prophet Moses, a Cabinet statement read. This is in addition to Mount Catherine that houses the ancient monastery of St. Catherine, which is one of the most ancient monasteries in the world. The project to develop the unique site aims to prepare the site for use and make it available to visitors from all over the world, Gazzar said. He added that the development works aim to protect and improve the area, develop it in a balanced manner, and preserve the natural environment and the heritage that characterize the area. The development work includes removing all distortion that existed at the area in order to highlight the site in a way that befits its uniqueness on the world level, Gazzar added.