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Islam Analysis (15): Money can’t buy quality research
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Islam Analysis (15): Money can’t buy quality research

January 26th, 2012 | by MuslimScience
By: Athar Osama Published on SciDev.Net on 12 January 2012 Some Muslim countries’ powerful financial incentives to make quick progress in research could backfire, cautions Athar Osama. Over a decade ago, several governments...
SciDev.Net: Princess Sumaya on Science after the Arab Spring
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SciDev.Net: Princess Sumaya on Science after the Arab Spring

January 26th, 2012 | by MuslimScience
By: Mićo Tatalović Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan of Jordan talks to SciDev.Net about hopes for science in the Middle East, science diplomacy and the role of women scientists. Members of royal families around the world often...
Islam Analysis (14): Planting seeds for a scientific revolution
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Islam Analysis (14): Planting seeds for a scientific revolution

December 19th, 2011 | by MuslimScience
By: Athar Osama Published on SciDev.Net on 15 December 2011 Arab Spring revolutionaries turning to governance must adopt knowledge and innovation as barometers for progress, says Athar Osama. As revolutions swept countries and...
Making Malaysia’s Third Science Policy Work
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Making Malaysia’s Third Science Policy Work

December 9th, 2011 | by MuslimScience
By: Tan Sri Omar Abdul Rahman The government’s science and technology (S&T) apparatus is now in active consultations to formulate the third national S&T policy (NSTP3) and I have been involved in some and benefitted...
Islam Analysis (13): Academies must evolve to face the future
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Islam Analysis (13): Academies must evolve to face the future

November 11th, 2011 | by MuslimScience
By: Athar Osama Published on SciDev.Net on 10 November 2011 The Islamic World Academy of Sciences has been challenged to build bridges. The hardest may be between disciplines, says Athar Osama. The Islamic World Academy of...
Misguided priorities of academics – The case of Pakistan.
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Misguided priorities of academics – The case of Pakistan.

November 6th, 2011 | by MuslimScience
By Murtaza Haider, Published at Dawn.Com on November 2, 2011 A recent public opinion poll revealed that the top-most research priority areas identified by Pakistanis included Chemistry, Urdu literature, Islamic studies, Arabic,...
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localhost/muslim Founder Wins World Technology Network Award at United Nations in NYC

October 28th, 2011 | by MuslimScience
PRESS RELEASE: IMMEDIATE (October 28, 2011; Woking, United Kingdom):  Wednesday night, in a gala “black tie” ceremony at the United Nations, Science Policy scholar and practitioner and the founder and editor of...
Islam Analysis (12): MENA Solar energy project must be more open
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Islam Analysis (12): MENA Solar energy project must be more open

October 18th, 2011 | by MuslimScience
By: Athar Osama Published in SciDev.Net on 13 October 2011 Desertec, an ambitious solar power project in the Middle East and Africa, should be more transparent and participatory, argues Athar Osama. Desertec is the largest solar...
Perspectives: Building bridges—Towards a new science partnership between Europe and MENA
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Perspectives: Building bridges—Towards a new science partnership between Europe and MENA

October 5th, 2011 | by MuslimScience
By: Frank Lehner Published in Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy on 30 August 2011. The idea of generating solar energy on a large scale in the sun-intensive countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to...
Pakistan puts science back on its development agenda
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Pakistan puts science back on its development agenda

October 5th, 2011 | by MuslimScience
By: A. A. Khan Published on 29 September 2011 at SciDev.Net The ten-year science roadmap was presented to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani In a major policy shift, Pakistan’s government has declared science and innovation...