A neurological disorder causes a person to not recognize or distinguish faces; not related to memory loss, vision impairment or disabilities.

We express and communicate our thoughts to others through language; some people say you are not born into a culture but into a language.

The pandemic has highlighted all the problems and inequalities that have been plaguing the world; it has affected the rich and poor  differently.

Universities were locked after the outbreak of COVID-19; even though things seemed bright, for many distant learning was not that easy.

The lockdown has not been an easy or familiar experience; althuogh youths were reluctant, children were full of curiosity and defiance.

The gender pay gap is a problem in many countries that hits the core of society; it indisputably does not affect females only but the whole family.

The second important lesson the past two years have taught us is the importance of building tolerance for uncertainty.

In the past two years, we faced unprecedent challenges. To get out of this dilemma as the pandemic continues, we sit still, take a deep breath, relax, and reflect on what has been happening.

Sports can help people with disabilities restore their balance, integrate into the society, and develop their physical and mental abilities.

Although some welcome the Internet as an ultimate solution to everything, others fear its curse.

My seven-year old daughter has all the makings of a future scientist. Watching her conducting experiments in my kitchen fills me with both pride and worry.

Differences in mental abilities, between humans in general, and between women and men specifically, have always been a topic of debate among researchers and scholars.

Most of us know the hilarious Egyptian play or the American musical, My Fair Lady; based on Shaw’s masterpiece, Pygmalion, which displays the connection between language and society.

Ruth Benedict is an anthropologist whose theories had a profound influence on cultural anthropology, especially in the area of culture and personality. She can be viewed as a transitional figure in the field of anthropology. She studied the relationships between personality, art, language, and culture, insisting that no trait existed in isolation or self-sufficiency.

Arab pioneers in medicine were not only physicians and surgeons, but Arab nurses played a valuable part too. One of the most famous names in Arab nursing is Rufaida bint Saad Al-Aslameya, the first nurse in the Islamic and Eastern world.

Since the dawn of history, the Arab region has always been home for prominent scientists. Brilliant scientists have been born, brought up, and studied on this land; those scientists have always been the pride of the Arab world even if the interest given to science and scientists has greatly decreased.

Optics and vision theories were attractive topics of study for ancient scientists. Famous mathematicians as Euclid and Ptolemy adopted the theory of extramission; they interpreted vision as light emitted from the human eyes on the object, where the reflected rays help the individual perceive the color, shape, and size of the object. Another opposing theory was adopted by Aristotle and Galen; the intromission theory, where they thought that light was transmitted to the eye from the object or its surroundings.

One of the Arab scientists’ major contributions was in astrolabes. Astrolabes were primarily invented by the ancient Greeks in 225 BCE by Apollonius based on the theories and the findings of Hipparchus. The main uses of astrolabes were to tell time during day or night, to identify the time of sunrise and sunset, and the length of the day, and to locate celestial objects in the sky. These uses were essential for astronomers, astrologers, and of course navigators.