Rediscovering Alexandria’s Soul: The Iskenderona Project Celebrates a City’s Layers

Beyond the well-trodden paths to ancient libraries and sunken palaces, a different kind of excavation is underway in Egypt’s legendary port city. The “Iskenderona” project, now in its eighth year, is not digging for artefacts but for memory, mobilising youth to document and reimagine the living heritage of neighbourhoods at risk of being forgotten.