School children have been forced to walk through flooded and contaminated streets to get to school. Breadwinners have struggled to get to work. Shop owners have been forced to shut down their stores. Most importantly, the sewage flooded streets of Alexandria have become a serious health and safety risk. Despite photographs showing Egyptian youth enjoying the floods by riding jet skies, water skiing, sailing boats and more, the filthy water is not only likely disease-ridden, but photographs showing electricity lines engulfed by the water are an example of the extremely serious safety risk that is currently being ignored by Alexandria’s local government. The flood commenced after a sewage pumping station broke down, leaving areas of Alexandria flooded with rainwater and sewage. On television, Alexandria’s governor Tarek El-Mahdy said “we are dealing very well” with the situation and that the local government was working to clear the water. Yet, this recent catastrophe in Alexandria is one of many failures since Alexandria’s governor took power. The former Supreme Council of Armed Forces member, who was previously the head of Egypt’s state television, has neglected Alexandria’s streets. Walking along Alexandria’s corniche, pedestrians are…
