Examples of use of Bab al Mandeb
1. Promoters of the Bab al–Mandeb bridge say it will transform the region‘s economy by opening a fixed rail and highway route between Africa and the Middle East.
2. "In 10 to 12 years, you will see in the Bab al–Mandeb area a city that will look like Dubai, or Hong Kong." Other massive challenges loom.
3. The waters there, however, are only a tenth as deep as the Bab al–Mandeb, which reaches about 1,000 feet at its lowest point.
4. The Bab al–Mandeb bridge would be their most ambitious project to date, overshadowing their renovations of Islamic holy sites in the Saudi cities of Mecca and Medina.
5. If built, the bridge would cross the Red Sea at an 18–mile–wide strait known as the Bab al–Mandeb, or Gate of Tears, connecting the southern tip of Yemen with the tiny East African country of Djibouti.