A Beautiful Bird “Greater Scaup”
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A Beautiful Bird “Greater Scaup”

A medium-sized diving duck with a rounded head is the greater scaup (Aythya marila), just scaup in Europe or, colloquially, “bluebill” in North America. It…
World Environment Day
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World Environment Day

Often known as the Environment Day, Eco Day, or short-form WED, “World Environment Day” is celebrated annually on 5th June and is the primary vehicle…
A Visit To A Historical Place/Building (Madrasa of Amir Sunqur Sa’di)
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A Visit To A Historical Place/Building (Madrasa of Amir Sunqur Sa’di)

The Madrasa of Amir Sunqur Sa’di (Arabic: مدرسة سنقر السعدي‎), also widely known as the Mausoleum of (Sheikh) Hasan Sadaqa, was built between 1315 and…
A Beautiful Bird “Northern Shoveler”
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A Beautiful Bird “Northern Shoveler”

The northern shoveler (/ˈʃʌvələr/; Spatula clypeata), referred to just in Britain as the shoveler, is a medium-sized duck that will in general sit with its…
A Beautiful Bird “Red-Breasted Merganser”
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A Beautiful Bird “Red-Breasted Merganser”

A sleek, crested, fish-eating duck, typically seen around jetties and piers along the coast, is the red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator). It’s a duck for swimming,…
A Visit To A Historical Place/Building (Mashhad of Sayyida Ruqayya)
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A Visit To A Historical Place/Building (Mashhad of Sayyida Ruqayya)

The Mashhad of Sayyidah Ruqayyah (Arabic: مـشـهـد الـسـيـدة رقـيـة‎, romanized: Mashhad al-Sayyidah Ruqayyah), a mashhad ru’ya (visual memorial) of an ‘Alid saint, is dated to…
A Beautiful Bird “Cotton Pygmy Goose”
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A Beautiful Bird “Cotton Pygmy Goose”

A distinctive small species of waterfowl native to much of Asia and along the Queensland coast from Port Douglas down to the Gold Coast is…
A Visit To A Historical Place/Building (Al-Hussein Mosque)
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A Visit To A Historical Place/Building (Al-Hussein Mosque)

Just a short distance from downtown Cairo, in an area of the city known as Old Cairo or Islamic Cairo, the Imam Hussein Mosque (Arabic:…
The Greatest Environmental Problem: Soil Pollution
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The Greatest Environmental Problem: Soil Pollution

Soil pollution is one of the greatest and most prevalent issues that people face today. Most of the bacterial biodiversity and other microscopic and macroscopic…
A Visit To A Historical Place/Building (Juyushi Mosque)
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A Visit To A Historical Place/Building (Juyushi Mosque)

In 1085 AD, under Badr al-Jamali (Commander of the Armies), the Juyushi Mosque (Arabic: الجامع الجيوشى‎, lit. ‘Mosque of the Armies’) was founded in the…
A Visit To A Historical Place/Building (Sulayman Pasha Mosque)
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A Visit To A Historical Place/Building (Sulayman Pasha Mosque)

The first Ottoman-style mosque in Egypt is considered to be the Sulayman Pasha al-Khadem Mosque (Arabic: مسجد سليمان باشا الخادم‎), also known as Sariat al-Jabal…
A Beautiful Bird “Lesser Frigatebird”
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A Beautiful Bird “Lesser Frigatebird”

It is said that the lesser frigatebird (Fregata ariel), or Least Frigatebird, is the most common seabird in the Fregatidae frigatebird family. It is the…
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