Editorials Perspectives of the Environmental Crisis in Lebanon Paul Salem Blockaded Iraq: A Ravaged Environment from all Sides Fares Abi SaabTheme: The Environment in Lebanon The Problems of Pollution and the Loss of Surface Water Fadi Kmeir The Impact of Environmental Pollution in the Litani River Aref Dia The Origin of Groundwater Pollution in Lebanon Faraj El Aawar The Dangers of Water Pollution on Public Health Mounzer Hamzah The Pollution of Water by Nitrates of Chemical Fertilizers Jalal Halawani The Problems of Coast Pollution Marie Abboud Abi Saab The Role of Industry in Air Pollution Naji Kodeih The Role of Energy Transfer Operations in Air Pollution Joseph Fares Industrial Pollution and its Impacts on Public Health in the Chekka Area Claire Youssef Problems of Professional Environment in Lebanon Iman Nuwayhid Industrial Safety in Lebanon Tannous Chalhoub Professional Safety and its Social Aspects Shawkat Ishti The Problem of Industrial Wastes Fouad Hamdan The Problem of Domestic Wastes Management Nach’at Mansour The Problem of Wastes in the Health Sector Fayssal El Kak The Problems of Vegetation, Desertification and Drift Michel Khousami Problems of Vegetal Bio-Diversity Bernadette Abi Saleh And Samir Safi Problems of Animal Bio-Diversity Ghassan Ramadan Jaradi Studies: Education and Teaching in Lebanon and Obstacles to Reform and Change Khodr Daou Monitoring the Insurance Sector Zakaria Fawaz Current Economic Transformations in the Bekaa Sami Mansour Political and Democratic Development in Egypt Hassanein Toufik Ibrahim
Point of View Corruption: Irresponsible Collusion and the Refusal of the State Soleiman Kaafarani
Book Reviews Cultural Authority and Political Authority - Ali Awmalil Salah Ibrahim Civil and Military Relationship in Israel - Yahouda Ben Mair Georges Al Masri Parisian Eyeglasses and Vision Weakness - Gilles Keppel Hussein Shawish
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