Nuwieba means "Bubbling Springs" in Arabic; it’s one of the biggest Oases in South Sinai, 7 km long, stretched along the Aqaba coast of the Sinai Red Sea.

Nuwieba is known for its spectacular beaches and multicolored mountains.
It is also the point of embarkation for ships traveling to Jordan. The trip from Nuwieba to Jordan takes 90 minutes by ferry.

The mountains surrounding Nuwieba are ideal for hiking and exploration. Diving is also available and offers a range of under water seascapes.
Nuwieba can regularly be divided into 4 main sections.

The Town

Its significance lies in marking the tribal boundary between the Tarabin tribe in the north and the Muzeina tribe in the south.

Nuweiba Town is frequently visited by travelers. It is the center for the tourist places: the “Dunes” in the south and Tarabin in the north. In the town you can find restaurants and supermarkets, the public bakery provides fresh pita bread, the Post Office Telephone Communication Center.

The "Central", this area is great for low budget tourism in a bazaar atmosphere like Khan El Khalili.

The Dunes

Are the extension and connection between Nuweiba Town and Nuweiba Muzeina. Along the shore a conglomerate of many camps and family owned hotels exist on a beautiful sandy beaches with spectacular coral reefs just in front.
The Dunes are divided between "Duna" and "small Duna". Famous with their soft sand hills they remained a romantic virgin place with brilliant views.

Al Muzeina

A  Bedouin village located on the south-west corner of the Nuweiba flood plain, it has been the home of the bedouin for hundreds of years although the buildings are of a very simple and basic style. During the '90s it became world famous as the home of the wild dolphin "Olin" who sadly died in December 2004. A sleepy, "real" bedouin village with a surrounding scenery of extreme natural beauty.

Nuweiba is strategically centered, only 60km South is Dahab and 60km North is Taba and Eilat. The world famous Mount St. Catherine which many like to visit during their stay is only 125km away. Diving safaris at one of Sinai’s National Parks at Abu Gallum, The Canyon and The Blue Hole is only 30km. As for the real fun desert safari there is the Color Canyon, White Canyon and Abu Gallum as well to be enjoyed as one of many adventures of Nuweiba.

The Bedouins "Nuweiba Original Inhabitants"

Since Lawrence of Arabia first captivated the west with his romantic image of the noble desert Bedouin there has been a growing interest in this people and in their culture accompanied by many misconceptions and clichés.
Bedu, the Arabic word from which the name bedouin is derived, is a simple, straightforward tag. It means "inhabitant of the desert," and refers generally to the desert-dwelling nomads of Arabia, the Negev, and the Sinai, where in Nuweiba lay one the biggest tribal families "Al Muzeina"
The most easily recognized aspect of a Bedouin's attire is his headgear--which consists of the kufiyya-cloth and 'agal-rope that constitute proper attire for a Bedouin man. The head rope in particular carries great significance, for it is indicative of the wearer's ability to uphold the obligations and responsibilities of manhood. Bedouin women, too, signal their status with their headgear--while all women are required to keep their hair covered, married women in particular wrap about their forehead a black cloth known as 'asaba. The bedouin of the Sinai share with other Egyptians the jalabiyya, a long, hooded robe that is a standard form of clothing both in the teeming metropolis of Cairo and in the solitary plains of the Sinai.

Bedouin society is patriarchal, all members of a tribe claiming descent by male line to a common ancestor. The Sheikh as leader of the tribe has considerable power but is limited by custom, precedent and advice of the council of tribal elders. He is elected from a noble family, any member of that family being eligible for the position when he dies.

Welcome to  a Bedouin tent:
A bedouin tent is customarily divided into two sections by a woven curtain known as a ma'nad. One section, reserved for the men and for the reception of most guests, is called the mag'ad, or 'sitting place.' The other, in which the women cook and receive female guests, is called the maharama, or 'place of the women.'

Having been welcomed into a bedouin tent, guests are honored, respected, and nourished, frequently with copious amounts of fresh, cardamom-spiced coffee.

Visitors are also cause for some festivity, including music, poetry, and on special occasions even dance. The traditional instruments of bedouin musicians are the shabbaba, a length of metal pipe fashioned into a sort of flute, the rababa, a versatile, one-string violin, and of course the voice. The primary singers among the bedouin are the women, who sit in rows facing each other to engage in a sort of sung dialogue, composed of verses and exchanges that commemorate and comment upon special events and occasions.

Click here to listen to a Bedouin Musical Flourish

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