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Sleeping during Working Hours!
(Education, Business, and Society)

I visited Japan in 2001 on a scientific mission; after going through my visit's program, I was surprised to see sleeping cabins to use during working hours!

Braille System: Feel the Words
(Education, Business, and Society)

The code named after Louis Braille is the standard form of writing and reading used by blind people in virtually every language around the world. 

Herophilus and Erasistratus: The Butchers of Alexandria
(Inventions and Innovations)

Thousands of years ago, during the golden era of scientific enquiry in the 3rd century BCE, our hometown Alexandria of Ptolemaic Egypt was the world’s greatest center of learning and scholarship. 

Belinda Parmar: Little Miss Geek
(Inventions and Innovations)

Many people tend to believe that STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) are “manly” subjects, and that women...

Successful Egyptian Startups
(Education, Business, and Society)

Have you ever had an idea that can be developed into a business. Well, this article presents four successful “startups” by young Egyptians; a “startup” being an entrepreneurial venture or a new business in the first stage of its operations. 

High Tech to the Help
(Education, Business, and Society)

Among the potential solutions to deal with the overarching educational problems that Africa faces nowadays is technology; as in computers, cellphones, satellites, ... etc.

Google’s Classroom
(Computers and Information Technology)

A new tool developed by the technology mogul lately as part of its Google for Education apps suite, Google Classroom is designed to help teachers communicate more effectively with students.

Tablets in Schools
(Education, Business, and Society)

Go out on any given day and a common sight that will meet you is people staring at screens they hold in their hands.

Theory of Multiple Intelligences
(Education, Business, and Society)

The “Multiple Intelligences” is a theory introduced by Harvard Professor, Howard Gardner, in which he identifies eight different types of intelligences that each individual has the capacity to possess.

Active Learning
(Education, Business, and Society)

The Egyptian student is more likely to be taught by the traditional methods where most class time is spent with the teacher or professor lecturing and the students watching and listening.

Pre-Kindergarten Home Education
(Education, Business, and Society)

Getting ready for kindergarten (KG) involves more than just learning the ABCs, it requires learning important skills.

Educational Apps
(Computers and Information Technology)

Tablets are not only there for fun, they are actually marketed to customers as tools that will help them with their productivity.

What Type of Learner are You?
(Education, Business, and Society)

Students take in and process information in different ways. Thus they have different learning styles. 

Speech Sounds Recognition
(Human Body)

Have you ever thought how do our brains recognize voices and speech?

Movie Review: A Beautiful Mind
(Science in Arts and Culture)

Inspired by a true story about the extraordinary life of the Noble prize winner John Nash.

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