the next on d w. what secrets lie behind the discovery language, benches and 360 degrees and explore fascinating. both heritage, sorry, dw world heritage, 360. now the, the mediterranean was once a major crossroads at the heart of the ancient. today it has become a barrier separating europe from africa. is there anything left of a past one share, and what do today's distinct cultures have in common? journalist xena las rog and joe far abdul karim travel the closest of the mediterranean, in search of answers. you see yourself as

a to be in june and responsibilities. how can you go and help you join us to get to know the people and their dreams mediterranean the come to egypt, the land of the pharaohs. the north african nation has around 700 kilometers of mediterranean coast. i don't know if i'm gonna do now. most of that arabic phrase mean the mother of the world. i love it because that's what lots of people in the arabic speaking world, call each beautiful name or many associated egypt with the pyramids. i mean what? there's another side,

2009 because that is the mediterranean. these in the day we're in northern egypt about to take an exciting journey along the coast to pursue and if it's, the egypt is considered the cradle of civilization. the pyramids of keys are among the oldest buildings in the world. they live just a few kilometers from the capital, cairo, and denials, the lifeblood of the country flows into the mediterranean sea. egypt collects north africa with the middle east to the country is home to over 100000000 people. the by journeys agents and the 2nd largest city alexandria is major library. the video taker, alexander rena, which opened in 2002 is right here on the from a not it's not my 1st visit. and once again,

i am struck by how much egyptian society is characterized by start contracts. very conservative values collide with maternity. i wonder what the impact those differences have on dating and finding a parking showing most of the found at the muslim dating a way that women in egypt or in the middle east. it's difficult for hair to like have dates like and what happens in the was it was 3 countries. so that's why when we sort of creating a mobile application that helped a young muslim women and men find their large partner chime under colleagues through scientific methods and psychological testing to find the right partner for every one of us. 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. don't get the idea to me. they came to me and they have the found is because we have these experiences. however, the way people to me that's the way my mother's friends puts around to psychological question to you. so if you think she would come to me and say you foretold, ever since i was 24, i see and ended up psychological pressure. even though i was done successfully. i have lots of puppies as i travel. but none of that is recognized by gibson families . they see mary just the so indicate terrific go success. i guess it's been some days ago. the dean is why is the focus on his lawn when religion may be no longer play such a role in marriage today? we have the feeling muslims have concerns about getting to know each of the 3 day thing. is this all these days as a young muslim,

just want to use something martin. i've ever something technically up to date so much at the same time. they don't want something that the parents might say is best for inappropriate to wrong wave. what about relationships outside marriage? because of how we know in the id with avaya is budgets minutes and married. so of course we didn't tell anyone and using it was that they have to get married within a certain time. they should understand that to relationship they stopped through this app is serious bottom the fresh fish straight from the mediterranean for something, it's a hobby for others. a tough way of making a living. but of nation for seafood united all alexandria, they want to tell you the the

1st port of call for all manner of specially prepared sea food is the restaurant to fear situated right by the water. the kitchen is overseen by hedge has no harm in jumping space here. are they all from the mediterranean, around alexandria, the mediterranean. we don't have any front of the red sea. what's that? i want someone to say. it's cool. who said everybody is why is that special? i mean the type, very good fried points and you can also stuff it. and you can have it with bosses, but it's best to try to of the menu appreciate someone told me about something called thing gary and gary would like to make son gallery icons open a launch page, sending me off and then awesome. now let's have some goodies and let's take this one down. it doesn't get if you can mix angry with this too, right, buddy. and all of those right. of course, and some squids unlimited grid. yeah. and you'll show me how to make it all m a

special feeling. the today is saturday. things are busy in the kitchen. the i'm getting hungry, the oil and lemon mixture oil and lemon mixture. it's a very alexandria insane and it's for the fish. we use it for the feeling garlic scenario deal most good on sciences. already. know this is some gallery keys on fish. first, we sprayed soul told the basing tray, so the fish doesn't stick. we'll take the fish all day one and you do one. okay. so we do it like this without hands, oil and lemon. you take around an ottoman and that's how you make,

you'll see. oh my god, i've never cooked anything like this. yes. just like that. a new shift. the, that's the mussa i. what's that? the most of teach we failed. oh yeah, i recognize it now. and that's what she, what do most people order here in the sun gallery fish. and because the soul of mixture is really special, i mean one of the best sources we have in alexandria. ok, need international dictionary. and so what i walked in this game today and we could still do well, we can prepare anything that comes out of the sea and out of when i move on to the

1950s. greek battalion, french and british migrants lived and worked in alexandria today. the port city with a population of around 5000000 has a major social problems like poverty and the housing shortage in 2019. and egyptians average monthly income was around 235 years engineering apprenticeship for study. i only went to school only till 39. great. why? i didn't finish school. education doesn't feed you learning a trade or a job pays more. my father died when i was 6. there was no one to look after me. how long have you been working? kind of 29. what age did you start? 14. 1491? yes. i'm leaving eggs, andrea and heading to the rest of the body. just under 3 hours away by car gets

situated on both the mediterranean sea and the nile delta. for thousands of years, the river has been egypt. sliped like 2 minutes here in austin and now here in the process, i'm sure it was an arabic. it means head of the tongue, the whole distance called that because behind me, the longest river in the world denial flows into the mediterranean, the heck in mid to the mail. and i saw here most people here find that really special customers on this is another special thing about tommy at the province here, is that it has the country's 1st female question governor, and they're not going to meet or just a few kilometers further down the nile delta is the city of dummy yet. it's a driving force in the capital of dummy at the province. in 2018. dr. my not

a watch me shy is became the 1st contact christian to head the provincial government of egypt. and she's only the 2nd woman ever to govern. one of the countries $27.00 provinces to get to the whole country. it is moving towards the empowerment of women tests. and the i'm very interested in women being financially socially and culturally strong. it's one of the most imposing prerequisites for a modern country has the most successful d, as in predominantly muslim egypt, an estimated 10 percent of the population are christian. most of them coptic christians not i'll watch me show you who was a christian herself is heavily protected by security guards. radical islamic have repeatedly attacked institutions like churches and schools. and christians also face state disco,

the nation. here's the modesty show and then what does this experience mean for you? mostly because you represent egypt and also a religious minority that any even of christians in the country don't like to see themselves as somebody tore at the end of the day. there are far fewer a view than there are muslims. yes. and is very, uh, i was very pleased, i took it as a sign that egypt has changed so that people don't get advantages because of a background when instead positions or allocated to candidates because of a suitability for the job. because if it is now, then let's go to the food we now have a constitution that protects the rights of christians. if people are the few, there are 4 laws that protect the rights of women and christians. and also there is other religions. i know the student would have, let's see, the law states this, but the reality is different. the name is kinda as a bond to be. for example, the law may encourage the restoration of churches. how long is that? what the social node is different and jody most with a lot of good for the columbus, this all speak to the then had the little few. there might be

a few troublemakers in some villages where your father quarter show like that was that can be the case any time it can anywhere they develop. the ability factors are exactly the exxon preference of the way we can teach people. acceptance and respect for the time with isn't difficult, but couldn't the couple of the income of who would carry over the unless it, some egyptians say that they're happy in egypt isn't a phase of positive change to hear what other outside of it, but others say freedoms are being suppressed, come out and political views are being suppressed. i c, a c, and there are political prisoners, most likely. and what kind of egypt do you see today on the movies, which they are associated times when search and things on possible modal by the rule that they couldn't of you know, off to the upheaval and the revolution. it's easy to sway public opinion and on special what people live, demonstration of the mother of the country just can't handle that right now. coming

to the egypt has just experienced an economic collapse austin way i'll see is the connect as well. and then also, why can't you have a functioning economy and a change of the most of the one lady who, while you're talking about security matches here, i can't come in to mother for telling me since the so called error of spring and 2011. many have been fighting for freedom, democracy and human rights. it's been a hard struggle, especially since i've dentist, but i see see became president from danita. i'm traveling to port site 50 kilometers away. the modern industrial ports that he lives on the suez canal completed in 1869. the canal can next, the mediterranean, with the red sea. these days, most vessels that pass through the waterway. our container ships from the far east for oil tankers from the gulf, the

on the ferry. i mean architect mohammed hoss. he's offered to give me a historical tour of the city where between the 2 continents, between africa and the each of the 4 o'clock is on the asian side. and for site on the average in time for florida is the newer city. and it wasn't built until 1926. well, for a site dates from 1859. the city was billed for suez canal workers. cost lives. grand mosque isn't the only interesting thing the city has to offer. the colonial architecture was also remarkable. the european influence is visible everywhere. the canal was nationalized in 1956 by egypt. sin president, come, i've done nothing before that 4th was was mainly home to foreigners working for the

franco british suez canal company. she had to tell me about what you deal with, but we run tours to make addictions aware of the history of their country and also for people from abroad. foresight is not a tourist destination. and when you come to egypt, people tell you, go to unlock sir la swan blah charm l shape dot com. so the chiral alexandria and no one says, of course i need to cite some why is history important events the mirror of the future. if you have no history that you have no future, 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, this is delicious. it's very, very, very sweet. but absolutely delicious. i'm going to take some to go

to the people in this region. always want their sweets to be really smooth with loads of sugar like in europe and most of them there. they don't like things to be a sweet is here. personally, i like sugar. what do you think the people want things to be sweet? how life's a hard enough? why shouldn't we at least sweep now food a little or maybe it's because sugar makes you happy. it makes you feel good. yeah, the sugar are not, the main thing is it tastes great. we also bottle little bread to feed, to see goals on the ferry, back to forsythe, the final ones, if i suffice,

but people who live by the sea don't see any borders in front of them. nobody can control them. they always want freedom. want something better. i'm not saying we're better people, but people on the coast, it's have that feeling. you see, it reflected in the residence of foresight. they hate border and that rebellious me . most of them and that's important in egypt right now. the coastal cities are deep waste of the world where people with different backgrounds and cultures come together. the post value is the origin of seems to me and music. traditionally, only men play a stringed instrument, the what at the all, how we got club, we meet him on how to enter friends. they found that the 1st female seems to me, i'm going through defying social norms and finding a little freedom through music. the

why did you join the group to send in? yeah, i mean, i would have done like music general know have been seconds. i like the green pass for me. oh and you know what? it's the most important thing in my life. it goes to it. so when you say that when you sing along with an irish brings enough to enjoy with an important construction, it just makes you happy the,

the, the, to many, there must be people who say what your girls enhanced cards. female voices are getting decent. yes, we hear it a lot to get, what's your reaction? which i think and even less than we don't pay attention to say the next. the last thing we think about the 3 men who make it come true no matter how hard it is. and then, and then what do your family say that is provided for then use that when we ask you something, when your daughter said she wanted to sing, what did you say? she likes it. it makes her happy. i don't have to turn it on. i'm official,

i'm always by either side. i'm like a mother to them all and the everywhere with them and i don't even when they travel with homes. but if one of them didn't wear a headscarf with him, the okay to move. yes, no problem at all. what's most important is how she interacts with other people and actually see some sort of gen, the head scarf question won't come up. let me go back to the music. thanks very much. from force i eat. i'm returning to alexandria where my journey along egypt, mediterranean coast to begin a few days ago, the different i travel. i always read the local newspapers. but according to reporters without borders, press freedom is extremely limited in egypt. the

the you and hcr says there are more than 250000 refugees living in egypt. many of them from sit down in the hall of the sacred heart church. we meet, i'm either on my city the 22 year old started the one us initiative in 2018. 2 the goal is to empower through these children through art and drama workshops and help them integrate thing to attribute society. hi, how are you? and all of you. there are things we do all the data i would say to clack of, i'd like to join your workshop. what do i have to do that?

so stand up. okay, now a little say a name and a loud noise, and we'll make a movement that says something about ourselves. it doesn't matter. what is your head your body? jump done. anything? well, stop. my name is amanda. and this is the movement. that's something about me. my name is i need, this is my be awesome, this is my movement. and this is jonathan. i'm joe fox and this is my move. and so what's the main reason you're doing? an important reason is the bullying experience spicer, denise children, and refuge him for new gen main. the effects to denise children on the street lower in housing estate because i have discriminated against because the past can come. a difference in diversity in society is meant for protection on those that we

get into the full many to play a few now. okay. hey adam bean poll. start. make fun of me being told your height is fine with me. a good show to towing a hitch. the funds, notice that feet. yes, it takes a long time to find my size. you probably find jewels quite easily. well, by being made fun of out of it, that makes it sound obvious. did you see how often where yeah, it's like i'm saying mean things to you and you have to back in a friendly way that i'm making fun of. you just shouldn't do that rather well. sense what are the important issues for you right now? the problem in egypt is people thinking in a right to left, black and white,

everyone else thinks that if someone is different from them, they must be an enemy to be confronted. but in reality, diversity makes us strong. the next morning, i mean egypt and it's mediterranean coast with mixed feelings. it's a country with a long and great history, but it's present is marked by enormous social and political difficulties. affinity mentioned here and i found the people here in egypt incredibly open. some of the form, it's a curb and it's been wonderful to experience the country are. so i think about us of what at the same time, it was difficult to get to know each of the way i'd hope to have is i'd be in my office and we always had minders with us. and getting filming permits was very, very complicated. and sometimes i noticed that people were afraid of expressing

their opinions, which makes you realize that the country isn't so free english. so the, the, the

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