Invoking Islamic Tradition to Save Birds in Lebanon

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Two decades ago, Assad Serhal, a founder of Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon, was looking at century-old military maps of Lebanon when he noticed something oddly familiar: areas labeled “hima,” and town names that included the word. In Arabic, hima can mean refuge, protected area, private pasture or homeland. He discovered that the concept dates back more than 1,000 years, with a mention in the Quran. Muhammad had designated certain areas as hima, which meant they were subject to rules about grazing, hunting or even trade.

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