The Arabic language is characterized by its vocal variations. Making its pronunciation a difficult task for Arabic learners. In this paper, we show how we built a mobile application that can detect mispronounced words and guide the user to the correct pronunciation. Foreigners and children can learn Arabic pronunciation in a friendly manner using our application. Our mobile application is custo...

This paper is part of an ongoing work aiming to build an accurate Arabic sounds recognizer for teaching and learning purposes. Early phases of this work were dedicated to the development of a particular sound database from recitations of the Holy Quran to cover classical Arabic sounds; speech signals of this sound database were manually segmented and labelled on three levels: word, phoneme, and...

In this note, new Hajj and Umrah Event Recognition datasets (HUER) are presented. The demonstrated datasets are based on videos and images taken during 2011-2012 Hajj and Umrah seasons. HUER is the first collection of datasets covering the six types of Hajj and Umrah ritual events (rotating in Tawaf around Kabaa, performing Sa’y between Safa and Marwa, standing on the mount of Arafat, staying o...

there is no doubt that a remarkable part of the verses of the quran appertain to the jurisprudential subjects, in which several laws and regulations in different worshiping, political, economical, and judicial subjects are mentioned in a special form or under the general titles. but the main words in this research is whether the holy quran in mentioning the laws and jurisprudetial subjects has ...

The current mode of treatment of various diseases based on synthetic drugs is expensive, alters genetic and metabolic pathways and also shows adverse side effects. Thus, safe and effective approach is needed to prevent the diseases development and progression. In this vista, Natural products are good remedy in the treatment/management of diseases and they are affordable and effective without an...

Recent advances in the field of cloning and stem cell research have introduced new hope for treatment of serious diseases. But this promise has been accompanied by enormous questions. Currently, cloning is a matter of public discussion. It is rare that a field of science causes debate and challenge not only among scientists but also among ethicists, religious scholars, governments, and politici...