Ibrahim al-Arjani (also Al-Organi) (born December 1971) is a Bedouin businessman.[1]
Ibrahim al-Arjani was born in Sheikh Zuweid in the northern Sinai peninsula in Egypt. He is a member of the Tarabin Bedouin tribe.[2]
In 2021, he founded Hala Consulting and Tourism, a company that handles the move of residents of Gaza Strip to Egypt and helps resettle them. According to the Arabi21 website, Hala was established to provide "VIP travel services" from Gaza to Egypt.[3]
Al-Arjani owns a number of tourism, vehicle and food companies. He is a member of the Sinai Development Foundation. Prior to the war in Gaza, he was appointed head of a neighborhood renewal project in the Gaza Strip that has since been put on hold.[4]
Al-Arjani has been dubbed "King of the Crossing," reflecting his influential position at the crossing at Rafah.[5]
Al-Arjani is head of the Arab Tribes Union (ATU) which represents Egyptian Bedouins living in Sinai.[6] According to Al-Arjani, the ATU alliance was "created out of a sense of national responsibility and reflects the growing role of Sinai’s Arab tribes in preserving the national security of Egypt’s borders."[5]
In 2024, a gated area surrounded by 7-meter-high walls south of Rafah was commissioned by Al-Arjani in preparation for an influx of citizens of the Gaza Strip.[7]
Al-Arjani is the financier of a new city in northern Sinai which was supposed to be called Ajra. In a last-minute decision, the name was changed to al-Sisi City. The city was built to accommodate 900 families, including 3,500 disabled men, widows and orphans.[8]
Al-Arjani is a close friend of Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.[6]