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journalists, xena mos rock and joe are, do corinne, travel the coast of the mediterranean in search of answers? so what do you see yourself as a tunisian junior youth with all the rights and responsibilities? how can you afford to see these animals? god help you to join us to get to know the people and their dreams. a mediterranean journey come to egypt, the land of the pharaohs. the north african nation has around 700 kilometers of mediterranean coast. i don't know if that unbecoming oma dounia lost that

a phrase name. hi said the mother of the world. i love it because that's what lots of people in the arabic speaking world, called egypt and freed up on, in many associate egypt with the pyramids. but there's another sized script often under his active the mediterranean via isn't today we're in northern egypt about to take an exciting journey along the coast, castorena's v dash by noon egypt is considered the cradle of civilization. the pyramids of visa are among the oldest buildings in the world. they lie just a few kilometers from the capital, cairo, and the nile, the life blood of the country flows into the mediterranean sea. egypt connects north africa with the middle east to the country is home to over 100000000 people. my journey begins in the 2nd largest city alexandria. it's major library. the video

taker, alexandrovna which opened in 2002 is right here on the promenade. it's not my 1st visit and once again i'm struck by how much egyptian society is characterized by stark contrast. oh, very conservative values collide with modernity. i wonder what impact those differences have on dating and finding a partner. shy, my ali founded the muslim dating, am alaya a woman in egypt or in the middle east. it's difficult for hair to like have dates, like in what happens in the was it was 3 countries. so that's why when we sort of fag creating immobile application that helped a young muslim women and men find their life partner, shy, mind or colleagues, you scientific methods and psychological testing to find the right partner for every one of us. not a household,

but the most important thing is how the app is structured. it has to be modern without conflicting with religious and cultural values. the social consensus is that women should marry young and have lots of children that i didn't get the idea. and for good i got through the i day came to me in the, at the found is because we have these experiences, hawaii away, people tool it the way my mother's friends put her on the psychological question. if you think she would come to me and say, he felt old, but ever since i was 24, i've been under that psychological pressure even though i work and unsuccessful. and i have lots of all these that i travel on, but none of that is recognized by egyptian families. they see mary just the solo indicator if a girl success, i guess, you know, i haven't been to know the goals. how thought mold walk on the dentist wise. the focus on is long as and when religion may be no longer play such role and marriage

to the edge, loyal outgoing, has a lot of it done it. we have the feeling muslim is have concerns about getting to know each other through dating. the thought of who these days of the young muslim is want to use something modern with something technically up to date. but at the same time they don't want something that their parents might say is how much all they inappropriate all wrong. hot on a wave ovalo by fema. what about relationships outside marriage? here? think of the how we know the idea with have idea is that it's meant to marriage song. of course, we don't tell anyone and using it that they have to get married within a certain time, but they should understand that a relationship they start through this app. it is serious. it was late, but a lot of fresh fish straight from the mediterranean for saw him. it's a hobby for others. a tough way of making a living but

a passion for seafood unites all alexandria it. when i tell you i the 1st port of call for all manner of specially prepared seafood is the restaurant to fear situated by the water. the kitchen is overseen by head shout mohammed jumper. i lose an echo. so mark, one of them i can look at that again. i think that's good to some of these fish here is so much anymore. are they all from the mediterranean, around alexandria, about the whole from the mediterranean. we don't have any from the red sea. i show, i went to that one usa, someone was, it's called mu, so re my as wise at special ed and it tastes very good fried weights and you can also stuff it. you can have it with vasa, but it's best friday of them. haggling and metal, she's the star one told me about something called single in getty or light to make some gary. i cut open a large fish, honey auto from the not on the hook. and getting that let's have saturday,

sunday and let's take this one. yeah. it doesn't get if you can make somebody with this too, right, buddy? and i'll go trin, of course, and some squid island if i'm a quid. yeah. and you'll show me how to make it all, am a special feeling. ovi, summary. today's saturday things are busy in the kitchen. i'm getting hungry, the oil and lemon mixture, but they're hiding from the oil and lemon mixture. that is what's available. it's a very alexandrian thing. it's for the fish. we use it for the filling garlic. so larry act, deal, mustard and spices are going to, but it's not saying, you know, this is some gallery. he is our fish 1st. we sprayed, sold on the baking tray so the fish doesn't stick. we'll take dice the fish. i'll do one and lu. dude one. ok. i so we do it like this without hands,

oil and lemon. you take a lemon and that's how you make your fish. diamond went the dog. oh my god. i've never cooked. anything like this. get m. yes. just like that. then i'm the nurse ha ha, ha, ha, ha, ha ha. if a boy that's the mussa. i what's that? the moose of fish we failed. oh yeah, i recognize it now. that's 2 actors. what do most people order here? it's son, gary fish and because the source mixture is really special, you mean one of the best sources we have in alexandria. ok,

jani internationally. i thought what i just holler bought in the skin the day and we could still drilling. we can prepare anything that comes out of the seal, provided me the not a phenomenal until the 1950s, greek, italian, french, and british migrants lived and worked in alexandria. today. the port city with a population of around 5000000 has some major social problems like poverty and the housing shortage. in 2019 and egyptians average monthly income was around 235 euros . daniel. the i love the agenda june apprenticeship study. i only went to school until grade 9, founded at 8th grade. why? i didn't finish school. education doesn't feed you learning a trade or a job pays more from that. my father died when i was 6. there was no one to look after me said about, i'll go, i think going. all right. how long have you been working? i'm 29 days. i'm a better should you start at 14, out of us. 1491?

yes. i'm leaving alexandria and heading to roswell, bought just under 3 hours away by car it situated on both the mediterranean sea and the nile delta. for thousands of years, the river has been egypt, lifeline. phineas hear him, arrested. i now hearing that i sent some ship, it was an arabic at means head of the tongue. when behold, it's called that because behind me, the longest river in the world, the nile flows into the mediterranean room to detect in mrs. male and i saw here it was people here find that really special august was on the assistance he had another special thing about tommy at a province here is that it has the country's 1st female christian governor. and i'm going to meet her person who just a few kilometers further down the nile. delta is the city of damita. it's

a thriving port in the capital of damita province in 2018. dr. manion a lot. misha. it became the 1st coptic christian to hit a provincial government in egypt. and she's only the 2nd woman ever to govern. one of the countries 27 provinces. hello, live in mid begin, it will let them get in love with the hunter is moving towards the empowerment of women, young, denial. personally, i'm very interested in women being financially socially and culturally strong. and it's one of the most imposing prerequisites for a modern country. i had them as mr. custodian. in predominantly muslim egypt in estimated 10 percent of the population are christian. most of them coptic christians, manon or what me shot you, who was a christian herself, is heavily protect it by security guards with radical islamists have repeatedly

attacked institutions like churches and schools. and christians also faced the discrimination here. blas it'll amount of the chinese what does this experience mean for you? but mostly because you represent egypt and, but also a religious minority met any, even if christians in the country don't like to see themselves on minority at the end of the day, there are far fewer of you than there are muslims double yet at the bottom of in his belly and i was very pleased, i took it as a sign that egypt has changed, that people don't get advantages because of their background when neva instead, positions are allocated to candidates because if they see to bill as he for the job, give it a now and in edward to the school, we now have a constitution that protects the rights of christians, if you, mo, at dixie. they're out of all laws that protect the rights of women and christians. and also those of other religions. understood, unbelievable. hague was he, i, the law states this, but the reality is different than humans. can i s at body,

for example, the law may encourage the restoration of churches alone is a lot of social mood is different, and jody model than bother your father kill him. that know this all fixed good then had the lo fi, there might be a few troublemakers in some village way of bothered coral. charlotte, that was, that can be the case of any time it can only when it debatable will be labilly. but those are exactly the examples for alabama we, we can teach people accept insulin and respect him awful. detainment in elizabeth the car, but colored the couple of them. coma would carryover. lemme, lemme back out. musser. some egyptians say that they're happy and aside, egypt is in a phase of positive change. the here with other lahardo yearly, but other se freedoms are being suppressed. come out of political views are being suppressed. i c a c, and there are political prisoners, martha ali, and what kind of egypt do you see today? um, but let me only says he has a samsung bucket. i wanted movies, damage to them. they are simply times when certain things aren't possible out or by than what they couldn't of you now to the upheaval and the revolution. well,

it's easy to slade, public opinion and unsettled people, real demonstration. i'm the mother of the country. i just can't handle that right now. and then below egypt has just experienced an economic collapse austin way our v denny belk will look at why about why can't you have a functioning economy and a chain should any model the one lay while you're talking about security matches here, i can't comment about the telephone, but since the so called arab spring and 2011, many have been fighting for freedom, democracy and human rights. it's been a hard struggle, especially since opt out of fatigue. i cc became president from damita. i'm traveling to poor side. 50 kilometers away. the modern industrial port city lies on the suez canal, completed in 1869. the canal connects the mediterranean with the red sea. these days, most vessels that pass through the waterway or container ships from the far east,

or oil tankers from the gulf on the ferry, i meet architect mohammed hasa. he's offered to give me a historical tour of the city with where between 2 continents, between africa and asia. a 4th was, is on the asian side, and course i eat on the african side or flawed is the newer city. it wasn't built until 1926, but while course i eat dates from 1859, the city was built for suez canal workers. off was grand mosque isn't the only interesting thing the city has to offer. with colonial architecture was also remarkable. the european influence is visible

everywhere. the canal was nationalized in 1956 by egyptian president. gum i of denise it before that poor flood was mainly home to foreigners working for the franco british suez canal company. sheila hm had a tell me about what you do when you, when we run tours to make addictions aware of the history of their country. and also for people from abroad for saheed is not a tourist destination. when you come to egypt, people tell you, go to luxor la swan, while sharma shake. the hob shall be hiero the alexandria. no one says, of course i am site and why is history important? i think it's the mirror of the future. if you have no history that you have no future ex, was that much of egypt depends on tourism. and poor flood has more to offer than expected so much walking around makes you hungry and something sweet would be the perfect pick me up. we had to a local bakery. oh,

missus. delicious. it's very, very, very sweet. there's, but absolutely delicious. i'm going to take some to go in roseville smith with the name on the navy the minute. why do people in this region always want their sweets to be really sweet or healthier with loads of sugar cane like in europe and muscle on there? they don't like things to be as sweet as here. hello. hello. personally, i like sugar thought. what do you think job would you love? eyes of people want things to be sweet? our lives a hot enough? why shouldn't we at least sweet now food a little before they will can or maybe it's because sugar makes you happy and it makes you feel good. and yeah, i little bit about sugar are not the main thing is it tastes great. we also bought a little bread to feed this eagles on the ferry, back to poor sight universe ah,

with i don't want to philosophize, but people who live by the sea don't see any borders in front of them, but nobody can control them. they always want freedom. the want something better. there's really nothing. i'm not saying we're better people of them, but people on the coast is have that feeling. you see, it reflected in the residence of force. i was, i mean, they hate borders to be there rebellious with what are the most of them that's important in egypt right now with coastal cities or gateways to the world where people with different backgrounds and cultures come together. pussy is the origin of seems to me and music. traditionally, only men play the stringed instrument. what at the all, how yacht club we meet him on huddle and her friends. they found that the 1st

female seems to me, i grew there defying social norms and finding a little freedom through music. i me ah, i'm sure why did you join the group with finance, jani. i would have liked music generally, but in seconds i like the group has tremendous. oh, you know it's the most important thing in my life. if you didn't get up to it, so when you sang this know when you sing along with the liar, it brings love to enjoy. with that it's important instruments. it just makes you

happy with ah, no, have you come on, bob own and too many there must be people who say, but you're girls and has got to be and one of the female voices are indecent. right? yes. we heward a lot to get out. what's your reaction? again, we don't pay attention to and they'll say, hey, hold on one question, and that's the last thing we think about a south drain will make it come true. no matter how hard it is to love and have a head. what do your family say with and you said friday the day is that

i've been on a sunday, so can we ask you something about it when your daughter said she wanted to sing, what did you say? she likes it. it makes her happy, and i don't have jack turned it all. i'm efficient but i'm always by their side. i'm like a mother to them all. and if i go everywhere with them, but don't forget even when they travel and i'm a sent home with with. but if one of them didn't wear a hand, the car will be okay to move. i have last. yes, no problem at all. what's most important is how she interact with other people and that she's decent time with that sort of, gen, the headscarf question won't come up. give me a now back to the music. thanks very much. from poor saeed. i'm returning to alexandria where my journey along egypt, mediterranean coast began a few days ago. ah,

whenever i travel, i always read the local newspapers. but according to reporters without borders, press freedom is extremely limited in egypt. took up the you and hcr says there are more than $250000.00 refugees living in egypt, many of them from sudan in the hall of the sacred heart church. we meet amina animosity the 22 year old started the one us initiative in 2018. the goal is to empower sudanese children through art and drama workshops and help them integrate into egyptian society. hello. yes, i know it. what, hello. hi, how are you? and all of you know, i'm, i haven't missed eva there,

i think to begin off for data. how have shaddick, malcolm? i'd like to join your workshop. what do i have to do to kill? can all do i think women let so stand up. ok anyway, but i think we have now a lot of sam name and a loud noise and we'll make a movement that says something about ourselves. it doesn't matter. walked in your head, your body jumped dance. anything? well stop cameron. i hi, my name is amena and this is the movement that says something about me, but i me my name is eileen and this is my me. i'm boss my and this is my movement. anesthesia i'm java and this is my movement. dia, i'm some of what's the main reason you'd use it, founded out on me and some i'm pulling. the most important reason is the bullying experience spice to denise children and refugee children in general. so it made me

sudanese children on the street a lauren housing estate as a half of the hell am get discriminated against because if i skin color, the difference in diversity in society has met with rejection of can we going to perform any to play few. now okay. okay, adam bean poll. don't make fun of me being told your height is fine with me. i had sure to tone a pitcher but you know to find clothes that fatal for yes, it takes a long time to find my size. you probably find yours quite easily. oh, by then. okay, aaliyah made fun of adamant. that makes me sad. did you see how adam reacted? and it's like, i'm saying mean things to you and you answer back in a friendly way. well, i mean my static it, but i'm making fun of you here and i shouldn't do that with was of the broad, i well sense is you know how we got,

what are the important issues for you right now that i'm off? the problem in egypt is people thinking in a right and left black and white. everyone thinks that if someone is different from them, they must be an enemy be confronted with. but in reality, diversity makes us strong. young. had to go the next morning, i leave egypt and it's mediterranean coast with mixed feelings. it's a country with a long and great history. what it's present is marked by enormous social and political difficulties. trinity mentioned he and i found the people here in egypt incredibly open this and by the food was so perv or and it's been wonderful to experience the country satisfied us about at the

same time it was difficult to get to know each other. the way i hope to talk about, of course, we always had minders with us at the end, getting filming permits was very, very complicated information brochure. sometimes i noticed that people were afraid of expressing their opinion, which makes you realize that the country isn't so free. zolphi jo, blue with ah, with

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