No, I don’t mean to sound like a fearmonger, but the blight affecting Lebanon’s pine trees should be taken seriously. Much more seriously. The story broke over a month ago as news outlets rushed to report on the dying pine trees of Horsh Beirut and Chouf. Discolored branches – red, yellow
Month: May 2017
This week, the world celebrated Sir David Attenborough’s 91st birthday. The veteran English broadcaster and naturalist, best known for writing and presenting the BBC’s Planet Earth documentary series, among many other works, is often credited with inspiring a generation of conservationists, environmentalists and just regular nature enthusiasts, myself included, to venture out into the
A day after four stingrays were freed subsequent to getting entangled in old fishing nets off the coast of Ramlet al-Baida, further south from Beirut, and particularly in al-Naameh one man decided to kill a shark and pull it out of the water all the while posing for photos. The man,
I can’t believe that I have to actually tell people not to panic because we still have some semblance of marine life off our coasts. The only time we should actually panic is when the sighting of whales, dolphins and other sea animals is no more. A recent report that said
His name is Mohammed Reda, he is 26 years old. He works as a waiter in a Sharm el Sheikh hotel despite having a Masters degree in geography, and speaking 4 languages. He says he makes more money now than he ever could as a teacher, and is currently working