My areas of interest:
The Environment and Health
In a country plagued by armed conflicts, it is challenging to generate interest for environmental and health topics. In my article, I explore sickle cell anaemia, an incurable hereditary disease that is widespread particularly in southern Libya. Those affected live their whole lives with the disease and have a reduced life expectancy. The struggling health system in Libya moreover impedes the treatment of symptoms. The risk to inherit such a disease can be noticeably reduced by avoiding consanguinity, or marriage to close relatives, which however characterises 48 percent of all marriages in Libya. There are currently preparations for a law that will require consanguineous couples to take a genetic test before their wedding, as is the case in other Arab countries.
Here you can find his publications as part of the “Journalism and Science Project in North Africa and the Middle East”:
الأنيميا المنجلية: لعنة زواج الأقارب في ليبيا | المنصة (almanassa.co)
