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Laila Iskander

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Egyptian social entrepreneur and politician

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  • In parallel, we have been taking steps to expand our use of modern methods of irrigation to maximise our efficient use of water.
  • We are really working hard to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, and we are also working on improving the efficiency of our energy usage.
  • This is what we call the circular economy, in the sense that we turn organic waste into natural fertilisers and recycle all solid waste.
  • We have also been well aware of the possibly devastating impacts of increased levels of seawater leakage onto agricultural land and have been adopting measures to stop this because we cannot afford to compromise our agricultural land. Maintaining agricultural land is part of the global work to reduce global warming.
  • Challenge the definition of entrepreneurship and look at the well being of people around us. Social entrepreneurship is a transition phase. Examine the whole concept of business and profit: if it's not social, then it's bad business.
  • During the past six, and since the country signed the Paris Agreement that came out of the 2015 Paris Conference on Climate Change, Egypt has been fully invested in measures to protect its shores from rising sea levels.

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Instance of
human
Given name
Laila
Gender
female
Citizenship
Egypt
Place of birth
Minya
Educated at
Teachers College
Languages spoken
Egyptian Arabic
Native language
Egyptian Arabic
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date of birth
1949-00-00
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