Rangers working in several of Egypt’s protectorates staged sit-ins earlier this month for the first time to protest problems related to their work conditions and to call attention to the ongoing threats to Egypt’s protectorates, which they work to safeguard. In what Waleed Hassan, one of the protesting rangers who spoke to Egypt Independent, called…
A new educational environmental travel project, “Dayma,” offers a creative and alternative gateway to discovering and embracing Egypt’s natural beauty. Dayma, which means everlasting, enduring and sustainable in Arabic, perfectly describes what the project aims to encourage. Dayma’s founders are Sara al-Sayed and Betty Khoury, two biologists with previous work experience in environmental education. They embarked…
The damage inflicted on Egypt’s lakes testifies to man’s ability to quickly destroy what nature took centuries to create. Lakes — or wetlands — add to the varied topography of the country, but environmental damage is seriously jeopardizing their habitats. In some cases the damage is irreversible. This severe ecological damage is due to industrialization, land reclamation, modern…
Omar Samra, the first Egyptian to climb Mount Everest in 2007, is one step away from achieving his “7 Summits Challenge” of climbing the highest peak on each of the seven continents. Last January Samra successfully climbed the sixth of these seven peaks by reaching the top of Mount Vinson Massif in Antarctica. In 2008,…
Hoda Baraka 