The advancement and convergence of telecommunications and computer technology has created the possibility of conducting businesses over the Internet, known as the Electronic Commerce (EC). In the recent years, Internet usage has grown tremendously in countries around the world including in the Arab Countries [Amin, H. (2000)] [ ElShenawi, N. (2001)][ Gray, V. (2001)]. The Internet popularity ha...

opment posed by widening gaps in freedom, women’s empowerment and knowledge across the region. Looking at international, regional and local developments affecting Arab countries since that first report was issued confirms that those challenges remain critically pertinent and may have become even graver, especially in the area of freedom. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the status of Arab ...

Violent reactions to provocative films and cartoons about Islam have left many people around the world more appalled by the reactions than by the provocations. In 2004, Dutch director Theodoor van Gogh was assassinated because of his film about the treatment of women in Islam. Since 2005, Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard has been the target of several murder attempts because of his depictions...

According to historical legend, after the revelation of the holy Qur'an, which gave the hijab compulsory and women were required to cover the head and body with a handkerchief, and the general form of clothing in her veil, Muslim women have begun to comply with this worthy tradition. This article discusses the history of the rise and spread of the hijab and its types. And here is described in d...

The literature is replete with diabetic foot problems throughout the world, but few has been written about the problem in the Middle East and even in the Arab world. After reviewing these discussions, we realized that the magnitude of the problem is not yet appreciated for many reasons. In this paper, we explained why it is more prevalent, less managed and has been associated with worse health ...

In the Arab world at the moment, much attention is being devoted to the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge. This knowledge, however, remains elusive and only a potential resource because of the weak connections between its various practitioners. Just as machines rely on wires and plugs to connect to each other and to a power supply, so too do professionals require the appropriate means ...

WILHELM WEBER and EDUARD WEBER, Mechanics of the human walking apparatus, transl. P. Maquet and R. Furlong, Berlin and New York, Springer-Verlag, 1992, pp. xix, 273, illus., DM 168.00 (3-540-53541-1). This is the latest in a series of classic works on animal and human locomotion translated for Springer-Verlag, including Giovanni Borelli On the movement of animals first published in 1680, and Wi...

Since late 2010, the Arab world has entered a tumultuous period of change, with populations demanding more inclusive and accountable government. The region is characterised by weak political institutions, which exclude large proportions of their populations from political representation and government services. Building on work in political science and economics, we assess the extent to which t...

Genetic and inherited disorders have accompanied humanity since its earliest existence. Many prehistoric and historic sites have revealed archeological remains with pathologies suggestive of inherited disorders. Paleopathology studies the identification of pathological conditions in ancient skeletal remains from many world sites revealed the presence of various hereditary or congenital conditio...