A fisherman stands waist-deep in the shallow coastal waters of Lake Burullus (Buhayrat al-Burullus), casting a fishing net attached to a yellow buoy line beside a weathered blue-and-red wooden fishing boat. Lake Burullus is one of Egypt's largest natural lakes, located in Kafr El Sheikh governorate on the Mediterranean coast, and is a designated UNESCO Ramsar wetland site supporting generations of local fishing communities. Traditional small-boat fishing (Sayyed Baladi) in Burullus has been practiced for centuries and remains central to the livelihood and cultural identity of coastal communities in the Nile Delta region.