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Washington Irving and the rediscovery of the lost centuries of knowledge |
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By: Howard Firth, Wed 24 April, 2013 |
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Howard Firth Mr Howard Firth, MBE, one of the Founding members of FSTC's Muslim Heritage Awareness Group (MHAG) and the Director of Orkney International Science Festival, published recently the following article online that we republish with his permission. Here is the link to the original article on the website of Frontier Magazine: Washington Irving and the rediscovery of the lost centuries of knowledge
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Illuminating the Dark Ages: The Role and Contribution of Muslim Civilisation |
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By: The Editorial Board, Thu 28 March, 2013 |
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Illuminating the Dark Ages: The Role and Contribution of Muslim Civilisations
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FSTC President at Vienna ISV Day |
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By: The Editorial Board, Mon 11 March, 2013 |
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President of the Foundation for Science Technology and Civilisation (FSTC) gave a speech at IGMG's ISVDAY(UniDay) in VHS Meidling, Vienna, Austria.
Two years after Professor Al-Hassani's visit to the German IGMG's UniDay in Bielefeld which attracted 3,500 attendees, Austrian IGMG invited Professor Al-Hassani to Vienna to give another speech to their gradutes.
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FSTC Chairman Won Services to Science & Engineering Award |
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By: The Editorial Board, Mon 11 March, 2013 |
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FSTC Chairman Won Services to Science & Engineering Award
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FSTC President at theWSIE 2012 Conferences in Boston |
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By: The Editorial Board, Thu 03 January, 2013 |
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The Editorial Board In late September 2012, Professor Salim Al-Hassani, President of FSTC, participated in The World Summit on Innovation & Entrepreneurship WSIE 2012 in Boston. The WSIE 2012 brought together the world's most riveting people to plot the new frontiers of the smarter innovation economy. The forum provides a meaningful setting that engages the world's most amazing people to transform our economies, societies, and the environment. Professor Al-Hassani contributed to discussion and made several speeches in different panels, relevant to various themes such as Innovation Diplomacy, Smart Cities of 2022, Smart Cultures, Applied Science and Applied Women, and finally Women of Science in Muslim Heritage. We present hereafter texts and abstracts of the contributions of FSTC President to this important forum.
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President of FSTC at AINAC in Abu Dhabi |
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By: The Editorial Board, Thu 03 January, 2013 |
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Professor Salim Al-Hassani, President of the Foundation for Science, Technology (FSTC) attended the First Arab Innovation Network Annual Conference 2012 (AINAC 2012) in early December 2012 in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Organised by Cambridge University's Arab Innovation Network Society between Tuesday, 4 December 2012 and Thursday, 6 December 2012, Keynote speakers (among many other workshop speakers) included Professor Salim T.S. Al- Hassani, Mr. Riad Kamal, Founder and Executive Chairman of Arabtec Construction and CEO of Arabtec Holding and Mr Badr Jafar, Managing director of Crescent Group and President of Crescent Petroleum. The designated research categories discussed in the conference include: Entrepreneurship, Information and Communication Technology [ICT], Environment and Health.
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Professor Rabie E. Abdel-Halim’s Lectures |
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By: The Editorial Board, Thu 13 December, 2012 |
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The Editorial Board In 2012, FSTC members contributed to several activities by publishing articles and giving lectures all around the world. Professor Rabie E Abdel-Halim, member of Muslim Heritage Awareness Group (MHAG) and of FSTC Research Team, attended several conferences in which he represented the Foundation in UK and abroad. On 12 May 2012, he gave a lecture at Wellcome Institute in London on "Medicine and Health in Medieval Arabic Poetry." One month later, on 13 June 2012, he presented a lecture at the conference on intellectual life in early Muslim world at the Manchester Metropolitan University in Manchester. A third participation of Professor Abdel-Halim was the lecture he presented in October 2012 at Mus Alp Arslan University in Turkey on the Use of Arabic Poetry in the Teaching of Medical Humanities at Medical Colleges. We present hereafter abstracts of these activities with selected slides.
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President of FSTC, One of the 500 Most Influential Muslims in 2012 |
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By: The Editorial Board, Tue 11 December, 2012 |
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Professor Salim T S Al-Hassani, the President of FSTC, has been chosen for the third time as one of The 500 Most Influential Muslims
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Turkish-American TV: Interview with President of FSTC |
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By: The Editorial Board, Thu 06 December, 2012 |
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Interview with Prof. Salim Al-Hassani at 1001 Inventions Exhibition in National Geographic Museum by Turkish-American TV
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The York Society of Engineers: A Lecture by FSTC Chairman, 6th December, York, UK |
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By: The Editorial Board, Thu 06 December, 2012 |
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Upcoming Lecture by Prof. Mohamed El-Gomati, Chairman of FSTC, at The York Society of Engineers, York
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