Youth initiative to protect Kuwait's oldest Sidr tree – Kuwa

KUWAIT: An initiative launched by a Kuwaiti youth succeeded in protecting ‘Sidrat Hawally,’ the oldest Sidr tree (Ziziphus spina-christi) in the country, estimated at 200 years old, against damage. The initiative by citizen Mubarak Al-Uwaini led authorities to surround the tree with a chain-linked fence to protect it from waste and diseases. The tree was …