Life & Society
Cities are rarely held by a single name. Some are defined by their place on the map, while others are known by the worlds they have shaped. Port Said, for instance, has never been just Port Said. It has carried many names over time, each one a reflection of its layered identity: “the Marseille of the Red Sea,” “the Venice of the Desert,” and “the hyphen between the East and the West.” English novelist Rudyard Kipling once captured it…
