Shadow over Egypt’s last wild shore


People gathering at the Ras Hankorab beach in the Red Sea Wadi Al-Gemal protectorate in southern Egypt. — AFP

IN Egypt’s Wadi al-Gemal, where swimmers share a glistening bay with sea turtles, a shadowy tourism deal is threatening one of the Red Sea’s last wild shores.

Off Ras Hankorab, endangered green turtles weave between coral gardens that marine biologists call among the most resilient to climate change in the world.

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