Lessons learned from the ‘Earth does not rotate’ debacle

Reforms of the curricula are urgently needed for future scholars in hermeneutics and critical analysis

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How our heritage can be digitally explored

Imagine that you had digital access to all the books that have ever been written. Imagine further that you could search through them just by…

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Science in Arab renaissance

While recent events in the Arab world have focused on political upheaval, the region is now in dire need of a new revolution to reform…

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Why 2015 is the Unesco Year of Light

Indeed, this year will mark the 1,000th anniversary of the publication of the monumental Book of Optics (Kitab Al Manazir), which revolutionised the physics of optics

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How women scientists fare in the Arab world

Rana Dajani argues that true equality for women scientists requires recognition of their family roles as well. I will never forget a rich Arab businessman…

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Universities must inspire students as well as teach

Education in the Arab world must equip students with more than textbook learning as they go forward into an uncertain future, says Rana Dajani

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Are scientists more or less religious than laymen?

Unlike the West where surveys of scientists’ religiosity have been conducted by several groups of researchers, the correlation between religiosity and scientific attainment has never been studied in the Arab-Muslim world

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How to draw youngsters to science

Educators must ally themselves with media communicators to devise new strategies to attract young minds to science

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Evolution of teaching in fast-changing world

What is needed is a paradigm shift among teachers and educators that this globalised, digitally connected 
and fluid world needs new minds. Teaching must change…

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In Egypt, religious texts may be used as science references

In Egypt, a new decision by Mahmoud El-Nasr, the minister of education, may very well see schools teaching its students about the “scientific miracles in…

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Depression is not a sign of weakness

Efforts have recently been made to increase awareness regarding depression and suicide in Saudi Arabia. Nawal Al-Hawsawi, a counseling psychologist, arranged a Twitter conference last…

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Is it the era of racing for colliders physics?

This question may be brought to mind after China’s announcementthis year that they plan to build a super collider. This announcement came after decades of…

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