How Does Bir Tawil - the land that nobody wants Work?

Imagine you and your friend both want the same toy, but neither wants to share, so you both decide to leave it on the floor instead. That’s kind of what happened with Bir Tawil, a small piece of land between two countries.

Bir Tawil is like that toy no one wants because both sides think the other should have it. Two countries, Sudan and Egypt, were arguing about borders, they each picked a different line to show where their country ends. The spot where those lines don’t match up is Bir Tawil, and it’s not part of either country.

No one wants Bir Tawil because no one wants to be responsible for it. It’s like if you and your friend both said, “You take care of the mess!”, so the toy stays on the floor, and nobody claims it. That means Bir Tawil is technically no one's land, making it a special kind of place, the only one in the world that no one wants!