Serag is a writer from Alexandria, Egypt, with a bachelor’s degree in Energy and Environmental Engineering from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His background in ocean education and marine conservation storytelling began with ThinkOcean in 2019. In Hong Kong, Serag went on to co-found the annual Hong Kong Climate Emergency Summit, while his involvement with US-based SeaTrust Institute also saw his involvement in UNFCCC processes, including attending COP29 in Baku in Azerbaijan.
Serag self-published his first book, ‘Portraits of a Coast: Stories from Egypt’s Red Sea’ in March 2026, after publishing narrative essays in Oceanographic Magazine, Ubuntu Magazine, and Save Our Seas Foundation. His writing has also appeared in the Green European Journal, South China Morning Post, and Earth.Org.
He currently works as a staff writer at CairoScene, an English-language digital magazine based in Egypt.