The High International Committee of the African-Asian Union Awards announced that Saint Catherine has received the AFASU Award for the world’s best capital of religions, tolerance, peace, and tourism.
This award highlights Saint Catherine's prominent status as a distinguished center of tourism, culture, and heritage.
Saint Catherine Monastery is one of the world’s oldest monasteries and the center of monastic life in Southern Sinai. It is surrounded by a high, two-meter thick wall of close fitting granite to protect it against possible perpetrators.
This region is believed to be enshrining the burning bush from which God first revealed himself to Moses, including a lot of treasure trove of icons and manuscripts. Also, it encompasses the well of Moses, which is said to be the place where he met his future wife, Zipporah.
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