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Sustainable Campus Initiative (SCI) hosted the first Arabian and Emirati Wildlife Photographer Suaad - Al Suwaidi who portrayed her profound passion on wildlife photography. At the talk, Suaad touched upon her experience of being highly tolerable and motivated to go outside her comfort zone and face obstacles just to pursue her passion. Suaad quoted “I created that world, a world that nobody knew about, my own world, me and my camera, my best friend.” With continuous progress and no expectations Suaad was acknowledged in several local and global areas, her photographs were published at the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi, UAE Women Encyclopedia, Nikon, National Geographics, and even reached several newspapers and magazines. Suaad reiterated on the importance of “Respecting the Environment” mentioning that we as humans often visit habitats, it is not the other way around, nature should be respected like the respect we have when we visit other people’s houses. 83 participants warmly listened to the talk, due to the interactive questions and answers part, and feedbacks given at the talk, Suaad defiantly inspired and touched some participants hearts.