Zeinab Mokalled Explained

Zeinab Mokalled (born 1936 in Jarjouh) is a Lebanese environmental activist.

She earned a teacher's certificate. She taught at the Al-Musaytbeh School and the Arabsalim Public School.^[1]

She founded the NGO Nedaa Al-Ard ('the call of the Earth'), to do Trash collection and recycling, when the municipal government failed.^{[2] [3] [4]} She organized composting with assistance from the United Nations Development Program's "Environmentally Friendly Ideas" project.^[5] Her movement became a model for Lebanon.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: جابر . كامل . زينب مقلّد معلّمة عربصاليم الأولى . 2022-04-28 . الخيام khiyam.com . ar.
2. Web site: This 81 Year Old Woman With a PHD and An All Female Rubbish Collection Service Is An Inspiration . 2022-04-28 . www.radionisaa.ps.
3. News: 2017-06-08 . The 81-year-old woman inspiring a nation to recycle . en-GB . BBC News . 2022-04-28.
4. News: The women tackling Lebanon's rubbish problem . en-GB . BBC News . 2022-04-28.
5. بولكعيبات . أحلام . بولكعيبات . إدريس . 2021 . التربية الإعلامية:, من مشروع دفاع إلى مشروع تمكين . مجلة العلوم الإنسانية . 203 . 10.34174/0079-032-001-013. 244340911 .
6. Web site: Five leading environmentalists we are proud to have them in MENA . 2022-04-28 . Greenpeace MENA . en.