BACKGROUND Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a major public health problem in Libya. The objective of this study was to investigate, for the first time, epidemiological features of CL outbreaks in Libya including molecular identification of parasites, the geographical distribution of cases and possible scenarios of parasite transmission. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We studied 450 patients th...

This study deals with the feudal rule of al-Mutawila, a Shiite sect settled in South Lebanon, Jabal Amel under Ottoman era during period (1804–1830). Despite abundance great many references on political and history Levant regime, there still remains large number issues which have not been tackled by historians. Of these is al-Mutawila was eschewed both Lebanese non-Lebanese historians what seem...

Palestinian refugee camps were established as a "temporary solution" following the 1948 and 1967 wars displacing more than 700,000 Palestinians, status that has been ongoing for seventy years three generations. These conditions led to transformation of temporary into an urban sprawl informal settlements embedded within city context. The housing these face physical, environmental, social, health...

shaykh shams al-din mohammad ben makki ameli known as the first martyr is an outstanding faqih from jabal amel in the ayyubids period. trying to spread shiism in an anti-shiite environment and to have relationships with the sarbedaran of khorasan in iran, he was imprisoned and finally martyred. relying on the relationship between religion and reason and the status of reason in religious precept...

Abstract Availability of micronutrients is one the important factors for successful and economic cultivation vineyards. The objectives this study are to evaluate spatial distribution soil (Cu, Fe, Mn, Zn, B) their suitability vineyard in Jabal Al Arab Syria. To achieve research objectives, samples were collected randomly from farms which cover area. Following this, analyses conducted determine ...

The first list of insects of Al-Baha Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) was published in 2013 and contained a total of 582 species; an addendum to this list was published in 2015 adding 142 species and bringing the total number recorded from the province to 724 insect species representing 17 orders. The previous two studies excluded Jabal Shada al-A'la Nature Reserve (SANR), so the present...