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By: Abdalla Alnajjar
3 October 2007
Source: SciDev.Net
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 innovation are now viewed alongside natural resources, capital and people as key ingredients for economic development and growth. Many industrialised countries and newly emerging economies […]

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By: Athar Osama
3 October 2007
Source: SciDev.Net
Muslim countries need good quality institutions to motivate researchers, argues Athar Osama.
Describing scientific productivity in the 57 countries of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) as abysmal is perhaps an understatement. More than 1.5 billion Muslims living across the Islamic world — about a quarter of the world’s population […]

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By: Munir Nayfeh
3 October 2007
Source: SciDev.Net
Muslim countries should harness their huge diaspora and support collaboration between their expatriate and local scientists, says Munir Nayfeh.
In the last 50 years, huge numbers of intellectuals have migrated from the Muslim world to industrialised countries. Studies estimate the number is almost 500,000 from the Arab world alone, comprising a […]

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By: Waleed Al-Shobakky
3 October 2007
Source: SciDev.Net
The rapid growth of technology parks in the Arab world has so far created more expectations than outcomes, reports Waleed Al-Shobakky.
Over the past few years, technology parks have been sprouting up all over the Middle East: from Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia in the north, to Kuwait, Oman and Qatar in […]

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By: Wagdy Sawahel and Ehsan Masood
3 October 2007
Source: SciDev.Net
The Organization of the Islamic Conference is reforming its science programme. But will change lead to better science? Wagdy Sawahel and Ehsan Masood report
“Together, we comprise one quarter of the world’s population; we hold 70 per cent of world’s energy resources, yet almost 86 per cent of […]

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[SciDev.Net published a spotlight on Science in OIC countries in October 2007. The introduction and articles are being pasted below. The complete coverage is available at: http://www.scidev.net/islamic_science] 
The Golden Age of Islam came to a halt in the thirteenth century with the Mongol invasion of much of Asia and Middle East. Since then, the lands that constitute the Muslim world […]

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