Sidi Abdel Rahman

Sidi Abdel Rahman سيدي عبدالرحمن
Village
Al Alamein Hotel, Sidi Abd El Rahman is located in El Alamein
Sidi Abdel Rahman Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 30°58′N 28°44′E
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Matruh
Time zone	UTC+2 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	+2

Sidi Abdel Rahman (Arabic: سيدي عبدالرحمن) is a village on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in Egypt.

Overview

Sidi Abdel Rahman is located in the Egyptian Western Desert on a bay of the Mediterranean Sea, has a beautiful beach, and is a great place to rest.

There are a large number of unexploded landmines, dating from World War II in the area that have caused human casualties and hindered development in the area over the years.^{[citation needed]}

Sidi Abdel Rahman is not far from the site of the famous 1942 Battle of El Alamein of World War II. Mausoleums and a cemetery for the Allies can be found nearby, with at least ninety-nine soldiers laid to rest there. The unmarked remains of thousands of German soldiers can also befound in the cemetery.^[1][2] On September 30, 1942, Luftwaffe ace Hans-Joachim Marseille, who claimed an unrivaled total of 158 aircraft destroyed against the Allies, was killed near the settlement. The site is marked with a pyramid about 10km south of the village.^[3]

Sidi Abdel Rahman was just a "modest local resort".^[4] The Gulf of Sidi Abdel Rahman on the Mediterranean including the Al Alamein Hotel were auctioned off by the Egyptian General Company for Tourism and Hotels (EGOTH) in 2006,^[4] and Emaar Egypt, a subsidiary of Emaar Dubai^[5][6] won the rights to develop the area. The revenue received from the sale was to be used for upgrading historical Egyptian hotels, according to the Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin involved in the deal.^[4]

The developer, with deep pockets, who purchased Sidi Abdel Rahman proposed to develop a year-round city at a hefty cost of 1.74 billion.^[5] As promised during the auction bidding, Emaar immediately built a large resort called Marassi Resort^[4] and it is 24 km (15 mi) from Al Alamain International Airport.^[7] DJ Bob Sinclair performed in August, 2008 at Marassi.^[8] Emaar Egypt's initial public offering in Egypt in 2015 was the largest IPO in Egypt, since 2007.^[9]

References

1. "Internments (99)". Find a Grave. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
2. "Nearby Attractions". Al Alamein Hotel. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
3. Tate, Robert (2008). Hans-Joachim Marseille: An Illustrated Tribute to the Luftwaffe's "Star of Africa". Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7643-2940-1.
4. "Coastline attraction". No. 808. Al-Ahram Weekly. August 17, 2006. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
5. Bakr, Amena (September 3, 2008). "Egypt revels in tourism boom". The National Business. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
6. "Emaar Misr". Emaar. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
7. "Al Alamain Airport Location, The Transformation of the Mediterranean Coast". Al Alamain Int'l Airport. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
8. "Bob Sinclair at Marassi, Egypt". Youtube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
9. "Emaar Properties Targets Q2 For $270m Egypt Unit Float". Gulf Business (Reuters). January 27, 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2016.

External links

• Al Alamein Hotel Home Page
• Marassi Resort Home Page