Can a Beach Really Be Evil? Ask the Sun-Seekers in Good Sahel. NYT | Top Stories By: Vivian Yee, Rania Khaled and Fatma Fahmy 23 October 2025 at 16:19 The sea looks the same. So does the sand. But in Egypt, two beach communities not far from each other have decidedly different ideas about fun. © Fatma Fahmy for The New York TimesPeople enjoying the beach in Sahel el-Tayeb, a village along Egypt’s northern Mediterranean coast that caters to less wealthy residents and visitors, in July.