Ramadan has just started for Muslims all over the world, with their varied customs and lifestyles. It is a very special month. In its simplest…

The results of two interesting surveys were released recently: one by the Pew Research Center on U.S. Muslims’ lives and attitudes and one by IFOP…

The importance of new media (YouTube and such), social networks (Facebook and such) and new tools that can be considered a little bit of both…

During a recent Friday sermon, a young Muslim sitting next to me took out his Blackberry and started to check his messages (while the Imam…

A graphical tour through the history of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the science that underlies it. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change…

“We love reading” [1] aims to develop and build a society that loves to read. It has the ambitious mission to establish a library in…

Ordinary people have lots of time to devote to ‘routine’ processes and amateurs have marvellous patience, which can and must be taken advantage of In…

Pupils will only excel in science and maths if they are taught to think creatively Last month, the results of the TIMSS global math and…

It is far from enough for students to be able to use software and web tools effectively; it is equally important for them to know…

Faulty ideas in poorly-researched doomsday movies or books migrate from the screen or pages and end up becoming widely-held beliefs in the real world Have…

Literacy, reliability and credibility are becoming increasingly complex as the internet’s growth provides a huge spectrum of content A few weeks ago the old, renowned…

We need to let them produce a cultural spark which can bring about a drastic transformation of the educational, scientific, intellectual landscapes of our countries…