Author: Heba Habib
In the remote islands of the Red Sea, an Egyptian conservation group is on a mission to protect the region’s world-famous coral reefs. Their tool of choice? Mooring buoys keep boat anchors away from fragile marine life. So far, they’ve installed over 1,000.
The question of origin is a timeless one, but for Egyptians, the query “Where did we come from?” sparks a debate that transcends simple genealogy. It is a recurring conversation about how a civilisation’s identity is forged, drawing upon competing narratives from genetics, anthropology, colonial history, and popular myth. Bab Masr investigates