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montreal , quebec , canada canadian vanishing of the bees file : maryam henein.jpg maryam henein
 maryam henein journalist , filmmaker , entrepreneur
maryam henein

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 canadian-egyptian heritage .
henein broke the news story regarding dodi fayed 's imposter and interviewed documentarian morgan spurlock for `` penthouse '' , 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 .
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 .
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 .
with george langworthy , henein directed the 2009 documentary -lrb- which took five years to produce -rrb- , `` vanishing of the bees '' with ellen page narrating the fillm .
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 .
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 '' .
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 .
