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Hassan bin Youssef Yassin

Hassan bin Youssef Yassin worked closely with Saudi petroleum ministers Abdullah Tariki and Ahmed Zaki Yamani from 1959 to 1967. He headed the Saudi Information Office in Washington from 1972 to 1981, and served with the Arab League observer delegation to the UN from 1981 to 1983.

Latest published

Cutting waste would help us cut carbon emissions

We are living in a moment of profound global disorder, more and more painfully visible every day. Humans have become a danger to each other, to the planet, and to themselves.

November 01, 2024

Always pause at the commas — it allows you to reflect

Turtles have been around for 200 million years — a testament to how well adapted to this planet they are. But over the past century of human progress, their numbers have dwindled.

September 13, 2024

Escaping the cycle of excessive waste paper

The world is going through a tremendously difficult time, with wars, crises and environmental calamities almost everywhere we look.

August 09, 2024

Even Mother Earth’s fury has failed to awaken us

Mother Earth has been the archetype of generosity and graciousness for as long as our planet has existed. Like every mother, though, there is a point where we push her too far and she loses her patience.

June 14, 2024