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Sometime in the not-too-distant future, scientists predict that global temperatures may rise as much as 4 degrees Celsius, or even higher, on average. By 2100, the sea level is expected to rise between 0.2 meters in a best-case scenario to 2.5 meters in an extreme one, depending on efforts to curb emissions.
A rise of just half a meter, though, would be enough to inundate the Egyptian cities of Port Said and Alexandria, according to one estimate. An increase of a meter would cover a quarter of the Nile River Delta, the country’s breadbasket.
The slowly unfolding disaster may be enough to uproot six million Egyptians, in addition to millions more migrating from parts of the Sahel. There, land degradation is taking its toll and unbearable heat has become the norm, making a wide swath of Africa, already the continent with the fastest-growing population on the globe, unlivable.
The Freedom of Natural Curls: Egyptâs Quiet Rebellion
For decades, many Egyptians have been straightening their hair to fit a conservative, Western-influenced beauty standard. Many younger Egyptians are rejecting all that.
A salon in Cairo: For some women, curly hair is a form of defiance.Credit.Sima Diab for The New York Times
CAIRO â Thereâs a TV commercial from the 1980s that some Egyptians remember well: Two women stand at a mirror, one with thick, dark curls, the other draped in sleek, glossy tresses.
âMy hair is curly,â says the first, pouting slightly as she struggles with a comb. âI would love to style it nicely for this wedding.â
Aleppo s destruction from above | SyriaUntold syriauntold.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from syriauntold.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
This article is part of SyriaInFocus, a series on Syrian photography funded by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, with guest editor Sima Diab. Read this article in Arabic here.
In many places in Aleppo and its countryside, some people used to ask me, upon seeing me carrying the camera: “Why do you take photos?”
Many asked angrily, while others only sought an explanation. I would always answer briefly: “For the world outside to see what is happening here.”
My answer often angered them even more. “Does that mean they still haven’t seen what is happening to us here? We are dying each and every day, and nobody cares!” Our conversations often ended there. Some ignored me and my camera, while others did not want to appear in my photos.
Egyptian charity is an oasis of care amid misery of the pandemic
Sudarsan Raghavan, The Washington Post
Jan. 31, 2021
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1of6Heba Rashed, 40, founder and CEO of the Mersal Foundation, on Jan. 21 in the group s emergency call center in Cairo.Photo for The Washington Post by Sima DiabShow MoreShow Less
2of6Heba Rashed, 40, has become a trusted source of pandemic information for Egyptians.Photo for The Washington Post by Sima DiabShow MoreShow Less
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4of6The entrance to Mersal Foundation offices in Cairo.Photo for The Washington Post by Sima DiabShow MoreShow Less
5of6The Mersal call center has been averaging 60 to 70 coronavirus emergencies per day.Photo for The Washington Post by Sima DiabShow MoreShow Less