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The “UNITED NATIONS” Rewards the University Team That Won the First Place in the Competition to Combat Desertification in the Arab Region

Tuesday, July 5, 2022

The UNITED NATIONS Organization rewarded the Arab American University team, which won at the level of the Arab world, in the competition to combat desertification and mitigate drought in the Arab region, at a conference held in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

The winner team included students from the Faculties of Engineering and Arts, who are (Saed Hanani, Laith Nazzal, Ahmed Asaad, Yazan Hamad, Anwar Ghannam).

The conference aims to raise the awareness of young men and women in the Arab region about the impact of desertification and drought on their lives. It also discusses the roles they can play in mitigating the impact of these two challenges on the region.

The student team leader Saed Hanani delivered a speech during the conference in which he talked about the importance of involving young men and women in decision-making to find solutions to solve global problems. He tackled the project idea that was presented to the competition and developed within the laboratories of the Arab American University.

The Arab American University team went through several rounds. 8 teams competed in the Arab world. The Arab American University Team passed the 8 rounds successfully and won the first place as the best idea that combats desertification and drought.

The idea of the university team focused on converting orange peels into clothes by extracting cellulose from the peels instead of extracting it from trees in the clothing industry. Thus, 120 million trees are protected annually from extracting this substance. The team proved, through the university laboratories, that the cellulose extracted from Orange peel is identical to the same material extracted from the trees.