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Five Women You Should Follow on Twitter
(Inventions and Innovations)

04 July 2016
By: Lamia Ghoneim
Invention and Innovation - Women - Women in Science

If your social media feed is full of Kardashian news and a stream of duck-faced selfies, you know it is time to make a change. It is time you followed less people, brands, or publications that entertain and aggravate you, and follow more that inspire and motivate you.

Rufaida bint Saad Al-Aslameya: The First Muslim Nurse
(Inventions and Innovations)

28 June 2016
By: Nourane Khaled
Invention and Innovation - Medicine - Sociology - Women - Women in Science

Arab pioneers in medicine were not only physicians and surgeons, but Arab nurses played a valuable part too. One of the most famous names in Arab nursing is Rufaida bint Saad Al-Aslameya, the first nurse in the Islamic and Eastern world.

Amelia Edwards: The Godmother of Egyptology
(Inventions and Innovations)

19 June 2016
By: Sherine Ramadan
Art - Culture - Egypt - Women - Women in Science

An extraordinarily talented woman who excelled in music, art, writing, and public speaking. English novelist, journalist, traveler, and Egyptologist, Amelia Edwards was born in London in 1831.

Dr. Fawzia Fahim's Reseach on Cancer-Killing Cobra
(Inventions and Innovations)

04 May 2016
By: Moataz Abdelmegid
Arab - Health - Invention and Innovation - Medicine - Women - Women in Science

The cobra’s regal image, like that of the Pyramids and the Sun, is among the Pharaonic symbols of ancient Egypt and its constellation of mystical deities. Snakes have also long been part of the symbolism of medicine; even the escutcheon of the profession bears a serpent wrapped around the staff of Aesculapius, the Greek god of healing.

Helen Keller: The Creation of a Miracle
(Education, Business, and Society)

The eyes and the ears are human beings’ most valuable possessions that keep them connected to the world.

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