Diana Kruzman is a freelance journalist from the United States who writes about climate change, religion, urbanism, and human rights in Central Asia and the Middle East. Her award-winning work has appeared in National Geographic, The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, Vice, Grist, Gizmodo and The New Humanitarian.
Faced with overgrazing and desertification, communities in the Middle East are reviving the concept of the hima, an ancient land-management practice that bridges tradition, culture, conservation—and faith.