I'm Serag, a writer from Alexandria, Egypt. I write what I like to read: first-person longforms, explorations of the ocean, and portraits of people and places. I also write fiction.
I graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2023 with a bachelor's degree in energy and environmental engineering.
Fiction
Rediscoveries – First Place Winner, 2023 Climate Futures Prize.
Selected Nonfiction
Barred from the Climate Conversation – How visa discrimination in Europe prevents young environmental leaders from the Global South from participating in UN climate conferences. Green European Journal. Republished: Voxeurop. Earth.Org.
A Portrait of Biko – A reflection on six months spent at Biko House, a student co-op at UC Santa Barbara. African Spear Magazine.
Waiting: wisdom from an asylum seeker in Hong Kong – An interview with a Cameroonian asylum seeker stuck in limbo for nearly two decades. African Spear Magazine.
Other Projects
The Youth Ocean Action Toolkit – The Ocean Foundation with support from National Geographic.
"Ocean Culture" Digital Magazine – The Remnant Archive & ThinkOcean Society.
The Climate Emergency Manual – NESS Hong Kong.