A journey down Egypt's Red Sea coast to find Sufi saints and a mystical lyre

A journey down Egypt's Red Sea coast to find Sufi saints and a mystical lyre Submitted by Sean Mathews on Mon, 11/09/2026 - 10:44 El-Quseir once welcomed explorers, warriors and Hajj pilgrims, but today its bypassed in favor of bigger Red Sea resorts El-Quseir is filled with crumbling Ottoman-era houses with protruding wooden balconies (MEE/Sean Mathews) Off El-Quseir is pitch black at night. The only light inside this decaying labyrinth of a port comes when a battered Bajaj motorcycle purrs down the odd alley, cas