If you’ve been to Alexandria, chances are you’ve rolled through Handasa—outside the Faculty of Engineering. Just a basic four set, marble ground, and a deathtrap street for runaway boards. But for the past 17 years, this spot has been a safe haven for skaters across Egypt.

When the sports clubs shut their doors and the streets told us to move along, Handasa said stay. No whistles, no security chases… just space to breathe, to bleed, to grow.

It was never about the architecture. It was about freedom.

We’ve seen tricks go down, dreams get sparked, friendships collapse and reform under the same streetlight. This video is a visual tribute to all of that. The glory, the wreckage, the wasted years, and the beauty buried in all of it.

If you’ve got stories from Handasa—photos, clips, drama, whatever—DM us. This history isn’t just ours. It’s all of ours.

Director & Editor in Chief: Yassin Koptan (@yassinkoptan)
Filmers: Ahmed Nabawy (@slomosk), Seif Hesham (@seifh_)
Editing: Tarek Ezzat (@tarekkezzat)

Skateboarders in the video (in order of appearance):

1. Mohamed Adel (@asvpxadel)
2. Yassin Koptan (@yassinkoptan)
3. Seif Hesham (@seifh_)
4. Mallawany (@mallawany_jr)
5. Hamza (@prepare4yuma)
6. Malek AbdelAziz (@_malek_abdel3aziz_330)
7. Mohamed Ramy (@milkshake_sk8)
8. Karim Alexander Forsberg / Alex (@kzanderr)
9. Mohamed Barakat / Judy (@barrkkatt)
10. Mairon Gerges (@mairon.gerges_)
11. Omar Kandil (@kandil.omar)
12. Kareem Ali (@kareem_aliiiii)
13. Nour Ashraf (@nourrashraf0)
14. Ahmed Yusri (@usrixo)
15. Youssef El Sayed (Joe) ❤️
16. Ahmed Rashwan
17. Abdelrahman 3elwa
18. Ahmed Nabawy (@slomosk)
19. Tarek Ezzat (@tarekkezzat)
20. Bahaa Ahmadein (@its.bahyyy)
21. Abdelrahman Ghoniem (@abdelrahmanghoniem)
22. Amin Rida (@aminrida)
23. Ahmed Sabry (@ahmed_sabt888)
24. Ather Tawfik (@athertawfik)
25. Ahmad Ghoniem / 620 (@4nthehuman)
26. Mostafa Nahas
27. Khaled Ayman (@ktothedee)
28. Abdelrahman Hassouna
29. Ahmed Kannar / Moo Shu (@ahmedkannar)

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