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ARAB ENVIRONMENT: CLIMATE CHANGE 151 Contributors DR. IBRAHIM ABDEL GELIL Academic Chair <strong>of</strong> Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan AI Nahayan, and Director <strong>of</strong> the Environmental Management Programme at the Arabian Gulf University in Bahrain. He was the CEO <strong>of</strong> the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA), and the chairman <strong>of</strong> the Egyptian Organization for Energy Planning (OEP). He authored and co-authored around 70 publications on energy and environment. DR. AYMAN ABOU HADID Director at the Ministry <strong>of</strong> Agriculture in Cairo, Egypt <strong>of</strong> the Central Laboratory for Agricultural <strong>Climate</strong> (CLAC). He established the Arid Land Agriculture Research Institute at the University <strong>of</strong> Ain Shams and was the Executive Director <strong>of</strong> the Egyptian environmental Affairs Agency. He has over 250 published papers, and is coordinator <strong>of</strong> various research projects on agriculture and climate change. DR. MOHAMED EL-ASHRY Senior Fellow at the UN Foundation. He previously served as CEO & Chairman <strong>of</strong> the Global Environment Facility (GEF). Prior to joining the GEF, he served as Director <strong>of</strong> the Environment Department at the World Bank, as Senior Vice- President <strong>of</strong> the World Resources Institute, and as Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Geology at Cairo University. He also served as a member <strong>of</strong> several high-level international commissions and has received a number <strong>of</strong> awards, including the 2006 Champions <strong>of</strong> the Earth Award. DR. HAMED ASSAF Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> civil and environmental engineering at the American University <strong>of</strong> Beirut (AUB). In addition to teaching courses in hydrology, water resources planning and management, information technology and GIS, he is actively involved in research focusing on the implications <strong>of</strong> climate change on water resources and adaption options with particular emphasis on the integrated water resources management (IWRM) approach. DR. EMAN GHONEIM Geomorphologist with a primary interest in the application <strong>of</strong> Geographical Information System (GIS), remote sensing and space technology in the study <strong>of</strong> arid environment, natural disasters, and water resources in desert regions. She is assistant research pr<strong>of</strong>essor at the Center for Remote Sensing, Boston University, USA. She has many papers to her credit. DR. ABDELLATIF KHATTABI Pr<strong>of</strong>essor at Ecole Nationale Forestière d’Ingénieurs in Morocco, where he teaches courses related to environmental impact assessment, environmental and resource economics and sustainable management <strong>of</strong> natural resources. His main
152 CONTRIBUTORS research area is rural development and environmental management, including adaptation to climate change mainly in coastal and wetlands areas. DR. IMAN NUWAYHID Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> occupational and environmental health and Dean <strong>of</strong> the Faculty <strong>of</strong> Health Sciences at the American University <strong>of</strong> Beirut (AUB). He is American Board Certified in Occupational Medicine. He has led efforts in Lebanon and the Arab region to promote an Ecosystem Approach to Human Health, and his research focuses on the impact <strong>of</strong> environmental and work-related hazards on the health <strong>of</strong> children and working people. DR. DIA EL-DIN EL-QUOSY Chairman <strong>of</strong> Water Resources and Irrigation Committee at the Academy <strong>of</strong> Scientific Research and Technology, Cairo, Egypt. He is lecturer at many Egyptian universities and consultant to international organizations. DR. MOHAMED EL-RAEY Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Environmental Physics and Dean <strong>of</strong> the Institute <strong>of</strong> Graduate Studies and Research at the University <strong>of</strong> Alexandria, Egypt. He has published many research papers on climate change, mainly covering the subject <strong>of</strong> coastal areas and sea level rise, and contributed as expert to IPCC reports. NAJIB SAAB (CO-EDITOR) Publisher and Editor-in-Chief <strong>of</strong> Al-Bia Wal-Tanmia (Environment & Development), the leading Arabic magazine on sustainable development, and Founding Secretary General <strong>of</strong> the Arab Forum for Environment & Development (AFED). Architect, university lecturer and writer, he is a 2003 laureate <strong>of</strong> the United Nations Environment Programme’s Global 500 Award for environmental achievements. DR. MAGDA SHAHIN Director <strong>of</strong> the Trade-related Assistance Center at the American Chamber <strong>of</strong> Commerce in Egypt. She has had a long career in the Egyptian diplomacy, lastly as an Ambassador in Athens. A member <strong>of</strong> the Egyptian delegations to numerous United Nations and WTO Conferences, and contributor to various symposiums and workshops organized by WTO, UNCTAD, and ESCWA. DR. SALMA TALHOUK Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Landscape Horticulture at the American University <strong>of</strong> Beirut. She is the Chair <strong>of</strong> the Department <strong>of</strong> Landscape Design and Eco-system Management and the Director <strong>of</strong> IBSAR, nature conservation center for sustainable futures. Her research activities focus on the characterization and conservation <strong>of</strong> plant genetic resources and native flora. DR. MOSTAFA KAMAL TOLBA, (CO-EDITOR) President <strong>of</strong> the Board <strong>of</strong> Trustees <strong>of</strong> the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED). In 1972, he led Egypt’s delegation to the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment, thus starting a long-life commitment to environmental issues. He was nominated, immediately after Stockholm, as the Deputy Executive Director <strong>of</strong> the newly-established United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Within two years, he became UNEP’s Executive Director - a post he held until retiring at the end <strong>of</strong> 1992.
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