June 13th, 2012 | by
MuslimScience By:Athar Osama Published on SciDev.Net on 13 June 2012 Muslim countries need forward-looking policies to take advantage of the opportunities offered by mobile technology, says Athar Osama. The mobile phone is recognised across...
May 20th, 2012 | by
MuslimScience By: Tan Sri Dr. Omar Abdul Rahman At the 34th convocation of UPM in October 2010 in my “ucapan balas” for the conferment of emeritus professorship of the university, I had suggested a defined new role for our public...
April 11th, 2012 | by
MuslimScience The Muslim world and donors should use nongovernmental networks to nurture the dormant seeds of entrepreneurship, says Athar Osama. Entrepreneurship and innovation may look like inherently Western ideas in the twenty-first...
July 31st, 2011 | by
MuslimScience With all the extraordinary hype about phone hacking in the UK, you could be forgiven for missing the recent visit of the Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Tun Razak to the UK. Najib met with the UK Prime Minister, David...
May 18th, 2011 | by
MuslimScience Published in SciDev.Net on 18 May 2011 S&T ministerial committee must reform its Inter-Islamic Networks to promote real collaboration with clear objectives, argues Athar Osama. Last month, The Royal Society released a study...
October 30th, 2007 | by
MuslimScience By: Abdalla Alnajjar SciDev.Net, published on 3 October 2007 The Muslim world need not lag behind in science and technology. Abdalla Alnajjar looks at an initiative that is charting a new approach. Science, technology and...
September 1st, 2007 | by
MuslimScience By: Athar Osama Published in DinarStandard.com, July 2006 In the 1980s and 1990s, Silicon Valley propelled the world into the computer and internet age and, in the process, captivated the world’s imagination as a model region...