By Brandon Smith Few people are familiar with a little event around 1200 BC called the…
Tag: Middle East
World’s First True Scientist: Ibn al-Haytham
By Neenah Payne Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) (965-1039) was the founder of the scientific method, the founder…
Israel Will Win This Iran-funded War
Activist Post Editor’s Note: Longtime readers should know quite well where we stand on the various…
Middle East Turmoil Could Mean More Market Volatility Ahead
By Stefan Gleason Crude oil futures shot up over the weekend while gold prices gained and…
Father of Modern Surgery: Al-Zahrawi/Abulcasis
By Neenah Payne Ibn Sina/Avicenna: Founder of Western Medicine explains that we are told that Hippocrates…
How The Concept of Zero Changed The World!
By Neenah Payne How would you use Roman numerals to add or subtract – much less…
The Father of Algebra: Al-Khwarizmi
By Neenah Payne Islamic civilization served as the main source of science and philosophy in the…
Al-Razi: A Father of Western Medicine
By Neenah Payne Ibn Sina/Avicenna: Founder of Western Medicine explains that we are told that Hippocrates…
Ibn Rushd/Averroes: Grandfather of European Enlightenment
By Neenah Payne Americans are taught to revere Greek philosophers like Plato and Aristotle. We are…
Ibn Sina/Avicenna: Founder of Western Medicine
By Neenah Payne We are told that Hippocrates (450 BCE to 380 BCE), a Greek physician,…
Over 1M in Kuwait Register Fingerprints as Biometric Database Project Progresses
By Ayang Macdonald Kuwaiti authorities say more than one million persons have now submitted their fingerprint…
Over 3,000 US Marines and Sailors Arrive in Middle East in Deployment Aimed at Iran
By Dave DeCamp Over 3,000 US Marines and Navy sailors arrived in the Middle East on…
Middle East Muslim Women Fight for Mobility
Op-Ed by Emily Thompson Many Middle East and North African countries still prevent women from moving…
Europe’s Dark Ages Were Islam’s Golden Ages!
By Neenah Payne American schools teach only the history of Western Europe and the European role…
The Historical Dynamics and Complexities of the Kurdish Quest for Statehood
Op-Ed by Emily Thompson As Turkey prepares to go to the polls on May 14 to…