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Scholarship, Science & Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa: Pre-Islamic to Islamic Era
On Friday 11 August 2017, Khaleel Shaikh, Research and Editing Officer at FSTC UK and Natty Mark Samuels, founder of African School, a Cultural Education project based in Oxford delivered presentations on “Science & Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa: Pre-Islamic to Islamic Era” at FSTC House...
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The Story of Mathematics
The Cheltenham Science Festival took place between 6 - 11 June 2017, headlining was one panel discussion on “The Story of Math”. Professors Mona Siddiqui, Mohamed El-Gomati, Marcus du Sautoy and Dr Amira Bennison took part in the conversation with Professor Siddiqui opening the panel discussion...
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World Health Day 7th April: Muslim Heritage in Medicine
Dedicated to the memory of Prof Rabie E. Abdel-Halim (d. 15th April 2015) Figures of treatment of various illnesses (Source) Medicine is a science, from which one learns the states of the human body … in order to preserve good health when it exists, and restore it when it is...
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International Women's Day
Note: Composed by Sairah Yassir-Deane and Cem Nizamoglu, also published in 1001 Inventions website. In view of the growing importance of the subject of gender and women in society, this collection of articles we present below represents some of what we currently know...
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A Tale of Two Civilisations: The Viking and the Muslim World
*** Note of the Editor This article was edited to fit Muslim Heritage website standards. It was originally written in May 2015 during the height of the refugee crisis. Amongst other countries, refugees sought safe haven in Sweden – the country where the ring was found. Such articles...
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Dialogue of Civilisations: From Ancient Maya to the Islamic world
2nd Dialogue of Civilisations International Symposium  (2. Uluslararasi Medeniyetler Diyaloğu Sempozyumu) The symposium was hosted by National Geographic and the Civilisation Studies Centre (Medam) at Bahçeşehir University in Istanbul, both long term associates of FSTC and 1001...
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The European Jerusalem: Sarajevo, where Muslim heritage flourished in Central Europe
Table of contents 1. Introduction 2. Ottoman Rule in Sarajevo 3. Gazi Husrev-Begova Complex 4. Society, Economy, Trade, Arts, and Architecture in Sarajevo 5. Sarajevo in Post Ottoman Rule 6. References 1. Introduction Known for its diverse ethnic and religious makeup, Bosnia and...
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Lessons from the past: science and rationalism in medieval Islam
In a bid to shed light on the often overlooked Muslim contribution to the history of science, long-term trustee and supporter of Foundation for Science, Technology and Civilisation (FSTC), Professor Jim al-Khalili, presented the 2014 Voltaire Lecture based on ‘Lessons from the past: science and...
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President of FSTC with Dick and Dom in "Absolute Genius" CBBC Programme
Figure 1: Dick and Dom in their acclaimed show, “Absolute Genius” (Source)* Scholar, inventor, mechanical engineer, craftsman and artist Al-Jazari featured on Dick and Dom's "Absolute Genius", Wednesday 26th February at 5:30 pm, CBBC. In a bid to engage pre-school children in...
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Breaking the Frontiers of Science
“Incredible Inventions and Extraordinary Experiments” at the University of Cambridge Festival of Ideas Attendees colouring in soldier targets for the trebuchet A volunteer demonstrating how the trebuchet works The event ‘Incredible inventions and extraordinary experiments: inside...
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