Why no country wants to own this patch of desert
Did you know that there is a stretch of sand in the middle of the desert that technically belongs to… no one? Not to Egypt. Not to Sudan. Not to any recognized country on Earth. It’s not a movie setting. It’s a real place called Bir Tawil. To understand why Bir Tawil has no flag, no government, and no citizens, we have to rewind to the age of maps drawn with ink and compromise. In the late 19th and early…