Higaz
Higaz is a term used to refer to the northern regions of Egypt, specifically the area surrounding the Mediterranean Sea and the Suez Canal. The word "Higaz" is Arabized form of the English phrase "Egypt's frontier on the high seas" or "Upper Egypt's eastern frontier".
Historically, the term Higaz has been associated with the Egyptian state's borderlands with the Ottoman Empire,
In recent years, the term Higaz has become more commonly associated with the Egyptian government's general
However, not everybody defines the term as such. Critics point out that an underlying sense of ire