Maryam Henein

Maryam Henein
Born Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Nationality Canadian
Occupation Journalist, filmmaker, entrepreneur
Notable work Vanishing of the Bees

Maryam Henein is a journalist, filmmaker and entrepreneur. She directed the documentary Vanishing of the Bees and is founder of HoneyColony.com.

A native of Montreal, Canada, Henein is of Egyptian Canadian heritage. Henein interviewed documentarian Morgan Spurlock for Penthouse,[1] as well as produced documentaries for the UK’s September Films on subjects that include pimps, drug dealers and porn stars in the Los Angeles area.[2] She was also part of First Apartment, a reality show webcast in the late '90s and early 2000s on the now-defunct website crushedplanet.com, produced by Taxicab Confessions' Joe and Harry Gantz.[3]

Following a near-fatal pedestrian versus car crash that dragged her for 49 feet, which broke her leg, vertebrae and several ribs and necessitated a titanium rod for her recovery in 2002, she researched issues of health and nutrition to help her in her recovery and became aware of colony collapse disorder.[2] With George Langworthy, Henein directed the 2009 documentary (which took five years to produce), Vanishing of the Bees with Ellen Page narrating the fillm.[4][5]

Since the release of Vanishing of the Bees, Henein has become an outspoken advocate of bees and bee colonies, non-GMO foods and the release of pesticides into the environment.[6] Henein is the founder of HoneyColony Inc., a member supported online magazine that hosts a number of optimized-health and investigative writers called "Hive Advisers".[7][8] Henein continues to work on projects involving bees and contamination of the food supply. She is working on a memoir titled Of Bees & Men and launched a year-long Save the Bees campaign in June 2014.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Saving Sisters One Hive at a Time. ~ Maryam Henein". elephantjournal.com. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "The heart of the hive: Madesmith meets HoneyColony's Maryam Henein". Madesmith.com. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Crushed Planet takes reality TV to next level". Daily Bruin. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Maryam Henein: Filmmaker Advocate for the Bees". Yes Magazine. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
  5. ↑ "George Langworthy & Maryam Henein Interview". Females First. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
  6. ↑ Henein, Maryam (September 13, 2013). "Interview with Maryam Henein". Breaking the Set (Interview). Interview with Abby Martin. RT America.
  7. ↑ "Maryam Henein, Honey Colony". The Pollination Project. August 2013. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  8. ↑ "Heroines for the Planet: Vanishing of the Bees Director Maryam Henein". EcoChick.com. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
  9. ↑ Henein, Maryam (June 18, 2014). "'Vanishing of the Bees' Director Maryam Henein Explains Why Bees Matter". TakePart Live (Interview). Interview with Meghan McCain Jacob Soboroff. Pivot.
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