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Nature Arabic Edition celebrates six months

L-R: Steven Inchcoombe, Suweliem, Magdy Saed

Nature Arabic Edition, the monthly Arabic translation of the leading science magazine Nature launched in October 2012, celebrated its sixth issue during the week long Saudi International Conference on Science Culture in Riyadh last week.  Read more

Developing world sessions axed from WCSJ2013

Developing world sessions axed from WCSJ2013

The programme of the World Conference of Science Journalists (WCSJ2013) has seen a sudden reshuffle last month, with six sessions that focused on the developing world countries removed. This may end up giving the conference, held in Helsinki, Finland, a rather “Western” taste instead of a more global one.  Read more

Simplifying science in Arabic

Simplifying science in Arabic

Mouhannad Malek, a young Syrian researcher studying in Cambridge University in the United Kingdom, is obsessed with spreading science among the public in the Arab world. He wants to start with complex issues of science from interesting research papers and distill them down to a format where someone with no prior science knowledge whatsoever would be able to understand.  Read more

Students launch popular science magazine

Students launch popular science magazine

The Arab world has a serious problem when it comes to science communication. To put it frankly, there’s hardly any of it – and what little there is is of such bad quality that the public is not interested in even coming close to it (that is if they even heard of it).  Read more

Why FameLab matters

The winners of the first FameLab Egypr 2013 heat in Cairo University.

I have often visited the prestigious Cairo University grand hall to attend lectures or talks by prominent researchers and politicians – including Barack Obama on his first trip to an Arab state after he became the US president. Early this week, I found myself sitting there in the front rows again, but instead of world-renowned figures, it was dozens of young undergraduates and postgraduates taking the stage for the first leg of the FameLab Egypt competition.  Read more

Top science news of 2011 in the Middle East

The year 2011 was an exciting and pivotal one for the Middle East, mainly for political reasons. However, science also saw some very interesting developments, with a substantial increase in papers from the region published in prestigious journals and a boost to collaborative research between universities in the Arab world and their counterparts in the West.  Read more

Science Lantern illuminates Ramadan in Egypt

Science Lantern illuminates Ramadan in Egypt

“ScienceThe Science and Society Initiative at the American University in Cairo (AUC), which focuses on science outreach to the community, launched a new programme during Ramadan called “Science Lantern” to promote science literacy in Egypt.  Read more