Lebanon is distinguished by its strategic geographical location among the Arab countries. Beirut, as capital city and major commercial cultural centre of country, a point interest for migrants. The region has witnessed many changes since end World War II, which have resulted in internal external conflicts, migrations, centralization country’s economy, etc. Furthermore, periods urbanization, des...

This article takes up a material analysis of set eleven nineteenth-century Arabic broadsides entitled Nafir Suriyya, published in Beirut by Syrian intellectual Butrus al-Bustani from 1860-1861. Produced response to the civil wars 1860 Mount Lebanon and Damascus (in Ottoman provinces), when intercommunal conflicts occurred between different confessional groups, these publications called for unit...

Concerns on the Growing Use of Lithium: The Pros and Cons Soodabeh Saeidnia , Mohammad Abdollahi 2, * 1 Medicinal Plants Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran. 2 Department of Toxicology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran *Corresponding au...

allameh fadlullah is known as the poet of the jurists and the jurist of the poets. in his diwan (collection of poems), he has addressed a variety of themes, including the prophet’s character. he believes that prophet muhammad was not a mere servant of allah. he was a transmitter of the massage and a connector of god and ummah (the islamic nation), rather than simply a connector of god and an in...

in some persons. Although stigma has decreased after the widespread use of MDT, some disabilities do occur which are mostly due to late initiation of treatment and inappropriate care. Besides the nerve and skin involvement bone changes have been reported to be common in leprosy. These bony changes need to be understood in the present MDT era specially in the context of clinical spectrum and dur...

The Dynamics of Polarized Beliefs in Networks Governed by Viral Diffusion and Media Influence by Mohammad Reza Sanatkar Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Duke University