In collaboration with “Save Egypt’s Water”, Cairo Runners are hosting a run on February 22 with the aim of increasing awareness about water scarcity in Egypt making it a great opportunity for running aficionados to secure a morning work all while learn more about this topic. Water scarcity is a global issue that is taking the world by storm regardless of continent, social standards, or people. Water, the most valuable resource Earth has to offer, is becoming very scarce to the extent that people are predicting water wars to begin in the near future and Egypt is not immune to this catastrophe. In 2018, Cape Town, the capital of South Africa, officially declared that it was hitting day zero, meaning that the taps in the city are running dry and people are queuing for water. This lead to the implementation of severe measures in order to provide as many people as possible access to fresh water. The BBC reported that Egypt is not that far off behind South Africa ranking fourth on the list of 11 countries that will hit day zero soon. The U.N. expects Egypt to be in a…
