Researchers say Egypt, with its arid, sun-scorched landscape and its limited sources of water, is one of the countries potentially most at risk of suffering dramatic effects of climate change. At no time of year is climate change more on the minds of Egyptians than summer, when many try to escape temperatures that have historically reached as high as 47 degrees Celsius. Photojournalist Hamada Elrasam shows how Egyptians, are coping.
As Temperatures Rise, Egyptians Cope
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Adapting to the new reality has not been easy. “We are fishes in water. We will die if we leave al Max. Our lives are here,” says Rayes Alaa a fishnet maker.
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A battle against the tide. Alexandria municipal officials have built breakwaters using cementite in Alexandria’s Miami Beach. Observers say rising sea levels are one reason
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A respite from the heat. Students find refuge in Alexandria’s upscale coffee houses where air conditioning is turned on full blast.
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“I can never stay here during the day. It is like a grill,” complains Sanad, a doctoral student from Yemen, of his sweltering Cairo apartment. “I go to places where there is air conditioning.” He often sleeps on his balcony.