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"How inappropriate to call this planet Earth
when it is clearly Ocean."

Arthur C. Clarke

Who We Are

Diaries of the Ocean was founded by marine scientist Jina Talj with the aim of spreading awareness about ocean life.
Although the organization focuses on awareness and conservation campaigns, it is also a proactive agent of change.
Diaries of the Ocean looks to achieve change in three main ways:

Through the provision of independent and respected research,
Through providing a non-political and informal platform for dialogue, information-sharing and cooperation on pressing marine environment concerns,
By promoting knowledge, understanding and awareness-raising at regional, national and grass-roots levels to empower individuals and groups to better engage with the international system to drive change.

MISSION
TRAINING PEOPLE TO BECOME GUARDIANS OF THE OCEAN
AND CONSERVE OUR BLUE PLANET

VISION
A WORLD WHERE THE OCEAN IS NOT A MYSTERY

Our Team

Jina Talj

Marine ecologist

Jasmine El Kareh

Environmental scientist

Tamara Haddad

BIOLOGIST

Michele Paulikevitch

Event Planner

Tina Panossian

Biologist

Taleen Baydoun

Software Engineer

Edmond Riachy

software developer

Sally Abou El Joud

biologist

Johnny Baaklini

architect

Moussa Shabandar

filmmaker

Tala Jezzini

PR & advertising

Rima Shmeit

Architect

Advisory Committee

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Fifi Kallab, PhD

Environmental economist, President of Byblos Ecologia

Jihane Abou Rahal, MD

Dermatology and Venereology, Surgical Dermatology and Mohs, AUBMC

Manal Nader, PhD

Associate Professor in Marine Science, Director of institute of Environment at University of Balamand

Nelly Hobeika, PhD

PhD in Physical Chemistry, Associate Professor in the Lebanese University and in Universite Saint-Joseph

Nikolas Kosmatopoulos, PhD

Professor at the Departments of Political Studies and Public Administration & Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies, AUB

Safaa Al Jayousi

International Climate Change Expert

Our Work

RESEARCH

We try to answer pressing questions about the marine environment and about human interactions with it.

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EDUCATION

We know more about the surface of Mars than we know about our Ocean. We want to change that by spreading education and making people more curious about our planet's largest ecosystem.

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