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Arwa Aburawa
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How Do You Stop Greenwashing in the Middle East? Wael Hmaidan Says Train Better Activists,
We speak to the Lebanese eco-campaigner Wael Hmaidan about corporate funding of green organisations in the Middle East and finding solutions In a previous post,...
Bonn: The Latest Climate Talks and the Middle East
An update on the latest climate negotiations in Bonn as well as Middle Eastern countries which made the headlines during the talks Believe it or...
Palestinian Environmentalist Talks About Water, Dams & Finding Peace
The Palestinian environmentalist Taleb Al Harithi was born in a small town near Hebron called Idna in 1955. After gaining his PhD in 1986, he...
The (Imminent) Death Of My Laptop: E-Waste & The Middle East
It was like a scene from those rubbish action/comedy films when someone drops a precious vase. You know – everything moves in slow motion and...
“There Is Hope Now”- Conservationist On Egypt’s Post-Revolution Future
We speak to conservationist Mindy Baha El Din about the rise of the environmental movement in post-revolution Egypt, tourism and the challenges ahead Mindy Baha...
Green Muslims Build Green Neighbourhoods
US Green Muslims embrace the notion of co-housing, an environmentally friendly (and Islamic) lifestyle which combines privacy with a more tight-knit community Do you know...
Should Green Organisations Accept Sponsorship From Big Bad Corporations?
From climate events to marine conservation projects, it seems that green organisations in the Middle East are happy to take money from not-so-green corporations It...
Protest Against Nuclear Power In Jordan
Protesters in Jordan are campaigning against the country’s plans to build a nuclear reactor which they state carries more risks than positive impacts Despite the...
The Marsh Arabs Who Restored A Global Ecosystem
Azzam Alwash (left), director of the environmental organisation Nature Iraq, talks with a Marsh Arab who lives in the Mesopotamian Marshlands of Iraq In the...
“The Garden of Eden Had Been Turned Into The Ashes of Hell”- Azzam Alwash On The Destruction Of The Marshlands of Iraq
In this two-part feature, Azzam Alwash tells us how he achieved the impossible and helped restore the Marshlands of south Iraq after its destruction under...
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