Louise Sarant
Environment Editor
Louise studied journalism in the EDJ School of journalism in Nice, France and graduated in 2007. She joined the Deutsche Welle Radio French edition as a reporter for a few months before landing in Cairo where she continued studying Arabic as well as freelancing for Al-Ahram Hebdo and Alif, a weekly online newspaper. She also contributed to the Egyptian monthly Community Times.
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No one has ever struck me as more out of place than Mahmoud Marai in downtown Cairo. The lines on his face, carved a bit more profoundly by the rays of the harsh desert sun, his black wavy hair tied up in a low ponytail, and his sporty bicolor...
The world famous Arab League amphitheatre was filled yesterday with electricity and energy ministers from various countries in the Middle East and North Africa, including Egypt’s Hassan Younis, international donors, investors and bankers, all...
Most desert areas in Egypt are considered either uninhabitable wasteland, or vast quarries from which resources can be extracted. When engraved rocks from the Paleolithic era — petroglyphs — were discovered in 2005 in Wadi Abu Subeira,...
Habib Ayeb is a Tunisian geographer and professor at the American University in Cairo’s Social Research Center. His domain of research includes social-geography, governance, poverty, marginality, hydro-politics and geopolitics. He shares his...
Egypt's Medicinal Plants Conservation Project (MPCP) has been awarded the 2012 Equator Prize for its work to preserve genetic heritage, along with 25 other local community groups across the world that were honored for their sustainable...
The environmental and scientific communities in Egypt are mourning the death of one of its most renowned colleagues and friends, Mohamed Kassas.
The 91-year-old, considered “the father of Egypt’s environment,” died this morning...
Who travels to Dahab for food? Although eating spread on cushions represents one of the few activities slothy Cairenes indulge in while in the Red Sea resort, it is usually not the main reason that motivates them to get on a sketchy looking bus for...
H5N1, also known as avian influenza or bird flu, has apparently found a perfect environment to thrive in Egypt. Since the initial onset of the virus back in 2006, new outbreaks of the flu have occurred every single year, making Egypt one of the...
The bird hunting season that reopened on 25 December is ending today in a country blessed with a massive seasonal influx of migratory birds, many of which are protected species. This is the first time that the government has...
All kinds of demonstrations are expected to fill Tahrir Square and nearby streets on 25 January. All sorts of demands, expectations and disappointments will be voiced by the crowds taking to the streets that day, in Cairo and in the other...
