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environmentalism
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Creaturely empathy with desert animals: A Kuwaiti environmentalist’s social media experiment
Matthew Chovanec
| Much of the appeal of hunting in the region is in the way that it invokes an idealized past.
nature conservation
15 min read
Born to be unplugged: On exposure to nature and the mental health of children
Maha T. Khalil
| Is there a connection between children's behavior and their exposure to natural environments?
environment
5 min read
The secret of the scented sand in 10th of Ramadan City
Karoline Kamel
| In a deserted area in 10th of Ramadan City men, women and children are collecting bags of scented sand
organic farms
13 min read
Growing a market for organic produce: Makar Farms
Lara El Gibaly
| Makar Farms introduces new vegetables to Egypt and launches a new series of chef’s table lunches
Darb 1718
6 min read
Exhibition showcases hazards of plastic waste
Isabel Esterman
| Visitors to Out to Sea? The Plastic Garbage Project, an exhibition at Darb 1718 in Old Cairo, are greeted
environment
9 min read
A new minister, a different environment
Isabel Esterman
| For a few months in the fall and spring, it seemed like Laila Iskandar, then minister of environment,
environment
6 min read
Ramadan show shamed for trashing protected Sinai site
Isabel Esterman
| Pop star Mohamed Fouad’s Ramadan prank show “Fo2sh Bel Moaskar” (Fouad in the army camp)
bird migration
12 min read
Visitors from the sky
Isabel Esterman
| Every spring, millions of birds pass through Egypt on their northern migrations. Along the way, they
cement industry
11 min read
Egypt working toward energy mix, not coal imports, claims Iskandar
Amira Salah-Ahmed
| Egypt is working towards finding a new energy mix for industry, and particularly for cement plants, according
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Damietta
Nile Pollution in Damietta by Hamada El-Resam
Hamada Elrasam
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Opinion
Sarah Rifky and Lina Attalah
Alien feelings follow friends and lovers’ abduction by a dystopian state
A few days ago, together with his son on the playground, Alaa was telling us about climbing a tree.
Alaa Abd El Fattah
The weight of the world: on framing the fight against climate change
We won’t find solutions if we operate as individuals with severely limited space for action.
Ismail Fayed
Waiting for apocalypse: Egypt at a crossroads
What the apocalypse and the uprisings across the Arab world teach us, is that we are not alone
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environment
6 min read
Egypt commemorates World Environment Day, announces cleanup efforts
agriculture
4 min read
Cabinet approves organic farming bill
environment
3 min read
Egyptian diplomat reportedly calls Sub-Saharan African ministers ‘dogs and slaves’ at UN conference
Cairo Climate Talks
7 min read
Egypt’s ‘ecopreneurs’ find opportunity in dysfunction
coal
4 min read
Anti-coal campaign: Import of coal to Egypt’s ports is ‘a crime against Egyptians’
air pollution
4 min read
Post-2011 economic turmoil helped improve Egypt’s air quality, says study
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