A cotton candy (Ghazl El Banat) street vendor stands on the Alexandria seafront seawall in the Bahri district, carrying a large colorful bundle of the traditional spun-sugar confection balanced above his head at dusk. The Mediterranean Sea stretches behind him under a soft pink and lavender twilight sky, capturing a common scene of Egyptian coastal street trade. Cotton candy vendors are a familiar part of Alexandria's waterfront culture, especially popular with families and children along the Corniche.