If asked to trace the roots of modern Western science, most educated Westerners will point to the scientific revolution that flowered in Europe following the Renaissance, with Copernicus's 1543 "On ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Last fall, CJR’s Curtis Brainard discussed the state of science journalism in the Arab world with Nadia El-Awady and Zainab ...

“The teaching of science in the Arab world is a disaster right now,” says Farouk el-Baz, director of the Center for Remote Sensing at Boston University and one of the most famous living Arab ...

A large yet tidy refugee camp rises from the desert near the Syrian-Jordanian border. Most people wouldn’t think of this as a hub of innovation, but nevertheless, a science and technology show has ...

Several of Paul Braterman's articles have been translated into Arabic by the Iraqi Translation Project. He derives no material benefit from this. Translations can change the course of civilisations.

The second edition of the annual public lecture organised by Ma’hdu Diraasaatil Qur’an Wal-Lugha (Institute of Qur’an and Language Studies) has further strengthened awareness of the importance of the ...

Doha, November 11, 2024 – The Arab Global Scholars (AGS) community gathered at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) in Qatar Foundation’s Education City last week to herald the latest evolution of an ...

Based on the success of NAS's Kavli Frontiers of Science Program and NAE's Frontiers of Engineering, the Arab-American Frontiers of Science, Engineering, and Medicine program will initiate a series of ...

Artwork by Al-Bustan campers was inspired by the Alhambra palace in Spain. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) Campers learn Arab rhythms at the Al-Bustan percussion camp. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) Campers learn ...

Including my photograph in the box “Science veiled in secrecy” on page 122 of your News Feature on Arab science — “Blooms in the desert” (Nature 416, 120–122; 2002) — might suggest to your readers ...

Later this month in Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates, some 500 scientists from across the Arab world will hold what they hope will be a historic gathering. They will set research priorities for ...

I don't remember who directed me to this article by Hillel Ofek on the "golden age" of science in the Arabic world-- I think it was probably Thony Christie, but the original link is lost in the mists ...