At Egyptian Streets, our mission is to tell the stories of Egyptians – the victories, the struggles, the initiatives, and the histories. And though we try always to take ourselves out of the equation, today we are celebrating the story of one of our own. Egyptian Streets writer Mirna Khaled Sayed was honoured at the Cairo Climate Talks – an initiative by the German Embassy to promote a stronger partnership between Egypt and Germany towards the environment and fighting climate change – for her work on her article ‘Locked Out: How Bedouins in Egypt’s Sinai Are Coping With COVID-19 Crisis’ Mirna tells us that she was surprised to hear that she had won the award, but there was a feeling of relief nonetheless as she was passionate about writing this story. “I’ve always been very interested in writing about indigenous communities,” Mirna says. “I also think it’s very important to shed light on communities that have different ways of life, it teaches us humbleness and curiosity as well because it shows us that we can learn new things from them as well.” To do the research for this story, Mirna…
Egyptian Streets Writer Wins Cairo Climate Talks Award for Sinai Article
March 18, 2021
