BACKGROUND Little attention has been paid to the problem of male osteoporosis in Saudi Arabia. In this prospective study we assessed the prevalence of male osteoporosis among Saudi Arabs. SUBJECTS AND METHODS We studied Saudi Arabian males >50 years of age attending outpatient clinics at King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al-Khobar, between 1 May 2005 and 30 January 2006. We determined bod...

Abstract Arab American fiction has received great attention in the post-9/11 period. This ethnic literature been put under a critical lens due to aspects that shape it and issues discussed it. One of main objectives is bridge cultural differences appeal its readers, both Arabs non-Arabs. particular objective achieved by authors’ willingness trigger empathetic engagement with their characters. A...

When transnationally constructed art forms, such as the works of diasporic cultural productions Arabs in West, are made available open-source on a digital archive, this supports transnational flow or exchange citizenship-enhancing ideas, skill-sets, technologies, tools, capacities, and practices. In theoretical investigation, we explore imagined outcomes when new audiences can engage with Arabs...

we examined the psychometric properties of the arabic version of the obsessive compulsive beliefs questionnaire-44 (obq-44) in a sample of kuwait university students. this questionnaire was developed by the obsessive compulsive cognitions working group in order to assess belief domains believed to be crucial in the development of obsessive compulsive symptoms.the arabic version of the obq-44 wa...

The article is based on the manuscript “Hundred books skills of Medicine” by Abu Sahl al-Masihi from collection Oriental Department Gorky Library St. Petersburg State University (Ms. O 667). author this written monument was regarded as teacher Ibn Sina (Avicenna). text an encyclopedic medical treatise XI century. It consists one hundred “books”, each which a separate and independent chapter ded...