Articles (Sociology)

What Do You Know about Face Blindness (Prosopagnosia)?
(Health and the Human Body)

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


The Life and Death of Language
(Travel, Explore, and Venture)

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


COVID-19: Bringing Inequality to the Forefront
(COVID-19 Pandemic)

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


A Lockdown Generation (2): The Psychological Impacts of the Coronavirus on University Students
(Education)

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


A Lockdown Generation: Remote-Learning Lessons and Practices
(Education)

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


The Psychology behind the Gender Pay Gap
(Science Policy and Ethics)

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.


New Year’s Priceless Gifts (2): A Year of Dealing with Uncertainty
(Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health)

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


New Year’s Priceless Gifts (1): A Year of Resilience
(Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health)

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.


The Importance of Sports for People with Special Abilities
(Science and Sports)

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


Communication Technology: Connecting People?
(Technology and Inventions)

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


Why We Need More Arab Women Scientists
(Scientists and Inventors)

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.


Men vs Women: Are They Mentally Different?
(Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health)

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.


Language and Society
(Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health)

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.


Time-Measuring Devices throughout Ages
(Human Civilization)

It is easy to see what time it is by just checking your cellphone or your wristwatch; however, it was not always that easy.

Ruth Benedict
(Scientists and Inventors)

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.


Air Conditioners of Ancient Times
(Safe Summer)

Modern air-conditioning has emerged from advances in chemistry during the 19th century; the first large-scale electrical air-conditioning was invented and used in 1902 by American inventor Willis Carrier.

Rufaida bint Saad Al-Aslameya: The First Muslim Nurse
(Scientists and Inventors)

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.


The Arabs and Science: From the Past to the Present
(Human Civilization)

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.


The Arabs and the Enlightenment of Optics
(Scientists and Inventors)

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.


The Arabs and the Advancement of Astrolabes
(Scientists and Inventors)

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.


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