A Look at Life in Egypt
Farah Mohamed, 12, a visually impaired student enjoys the water at El-Mandara beach, the first “beach for the blind” in the country, on the Mediterranean coast in Alexandria, Egypt on July 11, 2022. (Photo by Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)
Esraa Owis, 24, a member of the Egyptian national team and Al Ahly club in long jump, attends a training session after overcoming an ankle injury to achieve the first Egyptian silver medal in long jump during the 2022 Mediterranean Games, at the Olympic Center For Training National Teams in Maadi, a suburb of Cairo, Egypt on July 20, 2022. (Photo by Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)
Esraa Owis, 24, a member of the Egyptian national team and Al Ahly club in long jump, attends a training session after overcoming an ankle injury to achieve the first Egyptian silver medal in long jump during the 2022 Mediterranean Games, at the Olympic Center For Training National Teams in Maadi, a suburb of Cairo, Egypt on July 20, 2022. (Photo by Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)
People swim along the beach on the Mediterranean Sea on July 29, 2022 in Alexandria, Egypt. Vacationers come from all over the Arab Republic of Egypt during the summer to stroll in the city of Alexandria to enjoy the salty waters of the Mediterranean Sea. (Photo by Fadel Dawod/Getty Images)
A worker sings while carrying prickly pears on his head as their production is on the rise due to low water consumption and ability to withstand extreme temperatures, according to farmers, at a farm in Al Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt on August 2, 2022. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)
K-8E Karakorum aircraft of the Egyptian Air Force “Silver Stars” aerobatic team perform during the Pyramids Air Show 2022 above the (R to L) Great Pyramid of Khufu, the Pyramid of Khafre, and the Pyramid of Menkaure at the Giza Pyramids Necropolis on the southwestern outskirts of the Egyptian capital on August 3, 2022. (Photo by Mahmoud Khaled/AFP Photo)
K-8E Karakorum aircraft of the Egyptian Air Force “Silver Stars” aerobatic team perform during the Pyramids Air Show 2022 above skyline of Giza, the twin city of the Egyptian capital, on August 3, 2022. (Photo by Mahmoud Khaled/AFP Photo)
A joint flight of South Korean and Egyptian aerobatic teams fly past the Pyramids in Giza, Egypt on August 3, 2022. (Photo by Rok Air Force/EPA/EFE)
Egyptian air force “Silver Stars” aerobatic paratroopers perform at “Pyramids Airshow 2022” over the Giza Pyramids site, near Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, August 3, 2022. (Photo by Amr Nabil/AP Photo)
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Hel Gazelle helicopters of the Egyptian Air Force's “Horus” aerobatic team perform during the Pyramids Air Show 2022 by the Pyramid of Khafre at the Giza Pyramids Necropolis on the southwestern outskirts of the Egyptian capital on August 3, 2022. (Photo by Mahmoud Khaled/AFP Photo)
Abandoned shoes remain at the site of a fire inside the Abu Sefein Coptic church that killed at least 40 people and injured some 14 others, in the densely populated neighborhood of Imbaba, Cairo Egypt, Sunday, August 14, 2022. The church said the fire broke out while a service was underway. The cause of the blaze was not immediately known, but an initial investigation pointed to an electrical short-circuit, according to a police statement. (Photo by Tarek Wajeh/AP Photo)
A woman reacts after a deadly fire broke out at the Abu Sifin church, in Giza, Egypt on August 14, 2022. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)
Camels with robotic jockies compete in the Egyptian Camel Race in El Alamein, Egypt, 23 August 2022. The races began with about 900 camels from all governorates of Egypt taking part in the competitions. (Photo by Khaled Elfiqi/EPA/EFE)
A woman walks out of a currency exchange shop displaying a giant US dollar banknote in the Zamalek district of Egypt's capital Cairo on August 24, 2022. Depleted foreign currency reserves are casting a shadow on Egyptian streets, with the government moving to dim lights to free up energy for export. More natural gas exports means more hard currency, a dire need as experts say a new loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) – and an adjacent currency liberalisation – is inevitable. (Photo by Khaled Desouki/AFP Photo)
Abdallaa Abu Dawh, 82, a former teacher at Egypt's Al-Azhar university who now works as an imam, reads in a library at his basement home which contains some 15,000 books collected in the course of his life, in the hope of making an impact by offering young men and women in his village, in the Nile Delta, books to read for free in Dakahlia governorate, north of Cairo, Egypt on August 26, 2022. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)
An Egyptian volunteer carries a sack with plastic waste to build a Plastic Pyramid in Giza, Egypt, 15 September 2022. The VeryNile NGO is building the largest plastic pyramid in the world, weighing 7,500 kg and made of plastic bottles collected by fishermen from the Nile River. The initiative aims to raise awareness of plastic pollution in the Nile and to clean Nile River's waters and increase awareness for environmental preservation through partnerships with volunteers, fishermen and green initiatives. (Photo by Khaled Elfiqi/EPA/EFE)
Egyptian volunteers arrange sacks with plastic wastes to build a Plastic Pyramid for The VeryNile NGO as part of a project to erect the largest plastic pyramid in the world, weighing 7,500 kg and made of plastic bottles collected by fishermen and volunteers from the Nile River, in Giza, Egypt on September 17, 2022. (Photo by Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters)
An Egyptian performer plays with fire during a show on Qatrani camp next to Lake Qarun Protectorate in Fayoum, Egypt on September 17, 2022. (Photo by Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)
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A child climbs a palm tree to pick dates during the annual harvest season at Dahshur, south Giza governorate, Egypt, 21 September 2022. Egypt is the world’s top date supplier, producing nearly 18 percent of the world’s dates, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). (Photo by Khaled Elfiqi/EPA/EFE)