(2) The Sinai Peninsula The Sinai Peninsula during this period was under dual supervision. The northern part – which is the Governorate of El Arish – was under the Deputy of the Ministry of the Interior, and the central and southern parts were under the Ministry of Justice. The border sheikhs now all request that officials be near them who can adjudicate minor cases. These cases are frequent among them, and if not resolved immediately, there is fear that their evil will escalate, and it has led to bloodshed.

It was decided that the entire Sinai Peninsula would be under the Ministry of Justice, with a British officer from the Egyptian Army to be the director and commander. He would be stationed in El Arish, and Egyptian ministers would be in various places within it. A British inspector residing in El Arish would oversee the appeals.

In 1907, the peninsula was organized administratively in the system that is still followed there today, with one exception: the Bedouin tribes in the farthest reaches of the Sinai Peninsula and the extension of authority over them. In my previous report (pages 22-25), I briefly described the judicial system based on the customs and ancient traditions of the Sinai Bedouins. The intention is to maintain this system as it is and not to change it in these areas, as it is necessary to preserve some of the simplest principles of justice and fairness. Last year, for example, I mentioned that the judge, known among them as "Al-Maysam," judges based on dreams they have, and whether the accused is guilty or innocent. If this judge is tasked with judging in the future, he should judge based on what he knows while awake and from news, not on what he sees in dreams. It is likely that this would be a matter of introducing the system of the advanced to these people before their time. The expenses for Sinai were increased in this year's budget by 200,000 Egyptian pounds to cover the necessary improvements in administration there.

(3) The Egyptian National University (1) It is difficult for those who are not familiar with Egyptian affairs to distinguish between the multiple intellectual currents that are currently shaping public opinion in a way that leads to the formation of a public opinion that reflects the mental image. (1) We have translated the African word "Nationalism" as "Al-Jami'a Al-Wataniyya" (The National University), following the convention of some writers in naming "Nationalists" as "Al-Muhibb Al-Watani" (The Patriotic Lover). Otherwise, we would have translated it as "Al-Qawmiyya" (Nationalism), as this is closer to the intended meaning. [Translator]