Adam Hossam Elshiwick

Undergraduate, UCI School of Biological Sciences
Exercise Enthusiast
Egyptian-Muslim American
Unsustainability's Biggest Hater
#ShrinkingNile #W60Sustain

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Cities like Taipei are setting examples of what it looks like for a city to commit to climate sustainability.#W60Sustain
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The biggest obstacle to improving Egypt's efforts to fight climate change is the current economic crisis. The country's inflation rate has skyrocketed to about 30%. #W60Sustain

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Things like the Sustainable Transformation for Agricultural Resilience (STAR) project being passed by Egypt's House of Representatives (2019) give me hope that things can change for the better. Alhamdulilah, rural Egypt has not been completely forgotten.
#STAR #W60Sustain

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First-hand account of the plight of the Fellahin Farmers: https://t.co/9gOz8Z2glp

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Great Q/A with @raymondobush on challenges the Fellahin, the peasant class of Egypt, have to face on a daily basis on top of disproportionate climate vulnerability. https://t.co/CWLUpl237x

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Here's an example of the land dispossession happening all across rural Egypt: https://t.co/WntMlc30wT

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#W60Sustain #CPAnalysis The polluting of the Nile mainly by sugar-distillation, textile, and leather-dyeing factories has persisted due to a lack of regulation by the Ministry due to the growth these industries contribute to Egypt's economy.

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#W60Sustain #CPAnalysis For a northern riparian country such as Egypt, whose past and present freshwater supply and farmland has and continues to rely almost entirely on the Nile River, water shortage is no longer a risk but a reality.

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#W60Sustain #CPAnalysis Egypt's Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation under both Mubarak and Nasser's Administrations are the biggest perpetrators behind the injustice of the water shortage the Fellahin face.

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The Nile, the largest river in the world and one of ancient mythology, is drying up. Here's how: https://t.co/VhzEMZTfDP

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It's obnoxiously clear that neoliberalism left behind by British colonialism is alive and kicking in the Egyptian government. Continued reliance on export-led agribusiness to solve the growing risk of food insecurity is killing small farmers.#39CSustain #W60Sustain #ruraljustice

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Here is a great article on the history of small farmer resistance to land dispossession in Egypt by Ray Bush:https://t.co/4WHDZaM3jf #39CSustain #W60Sustain #Thirstrevolution

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From what I have read, the Great Barrier Reef has been affected the most by coral bleaching relative to just about all other coral formations around the world. Thank you for shining a light on this issue! #W60Sustain

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#W60Topic #W60Sustain My topic is how does over tourism lead to the decay of the #GreatBarrierReef and the areas surrounding it. I chose this because I believe we need to #takecareofallcreatures, especially in an area that has contributed to a lot of scientific research.

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#W60Sustain The topic I chose is how the shrinking of the Nile River is threatening the livelihood of farmers in countries along its basin. #W60Topic I chose this topic because it severely affects my homeland, Egypt.

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To what degree of responsibility are the riparian countries dependent on the Nile River and Delta responsible for its shrinkage? #CPResearchQuestion #W60Sustain