Richard Dawkins goes on another ignorant Twitter rampage. The ugly underbelly of his worldview is anti-Muslim hate Richard Dawkins is at it again. And by…

Assalam alaikum. Hum zameen kay rehnay waalon kee taraf say aap ko khush amdaid kehtay hain (Peace be upon you. We the inhabitants of this…

Discussions expected to tackle challenging topics in constructive manner Sharjah: Whether you approve of the current breakthroughs and theories in science — stem cell research,…

Integrating the elderly into today’s social and economic fabric is essential   I visited Japan for the first time a few weeks ago. Many things…

The government of Nawaz Sharif needs to appoint a tough leader to deliver on its election promise of a research renaissance, says Ehsan Masood.  …

As few weeks ago, Angelina Jolie, the famous and beautiful actress, announced to the world that she had undergone a double mastectomy, a removal of…

A professor of physics and astronomy at the American University of Sharjah, Nidhal Guessoum writes in the latest issue of Nature, that the utilitarian approach…

The summer is upon us. So for most youngsters, it means no school, no books, loads of entertainment and a lazy lifestyle. Many adults read…

One or two generations ago, about one in 10,000 Arabs could get university education. In the 1950s, there were only about 20 universities, public or…

How the religion can show Muslims the way to a more ecofriendly way of living With the planet’s environmental crises multiplying and worsening (global warming,…

FARIDA FAOUZIA CHARFI is one of North Africa’s most outspoken women scientists. She is professor at the Faculty of Sciences and the Institut Preparatoire aux…

ABU DHABI // The wait for the start of Ramadan is always an anxious one. After weeks of guesses and rumours about what the date…