Abstract For over forty years discussion and debate about the hijab had raged around Muslim Arab world, pitted conservatives against reformists within a political context shaped by European colonialism. In 1927 Syrian shaykhs announced that women must cover their faces. Women took to streets, nineteen-year-old Druze woman from Beirut bourgeoisie her desk. Quoting Islamic scriptures contemporary...

1 Biomedical Engineering and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, American University of Beirut, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon 2 Center for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA 3Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technolo...

2153. Catheter Lock with Minocycline, EDTA and Ethanol for Salvaging of Central Venous Catheters in the Setting of Catheter-related Bloodstream Infections Ray Y. Hachem, MD1; Souha Kanj, MD, FIDSA; Nelson Hamerschlak, MD; Hala Saad, MD; Fernanda Ferraz Assir, MD; Nobuyoshi Mori, MD; Ying Jiang, MS; Fady Ghaly, MD; Anne-Marie Chaftari, MD and Issam Raad, MD; Infectious Diseases, Infection Contro...

Background: Limited data are currently available regarding the psychological well-being and quality of life of breast cancer patients after active treatment in Lebanon and the Arab region in general. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of anxiety and depression among Arab breast cancer patients and assess the quality of life with reference to socio-demographic and clinic...

2153. Catheter Lock with Minocycline, EDTA and Ethanol for Salvaging of Central Venous Catheters in the Setting of Catheter-related Bloodstream Infections Ray Y. Hachem, MD1; Souha Kanj, MD, FIDSA; Nelson Hamerschlak, MD; Hala Saad, MD; Fernanda Ferraz Assir, MD; Nobuyoshi Mori, MD; Ying Jiang, MS; Fady Ghaly, MD; Anne-Marie Chaftari, MD and Issam Raad, MD; Infectious Diseases, Infection Contro...

We are psychiatrists based at the American University of Beirut Medical Center, one largest psychiatric departments in Lebanon. Since October, 2019, Lebanon has navigated through several crises. It started with unremitting political unrest, national bankruptcy, and currency devaluation. The COVID-19 pandemic complicated situation by stretching health-care system to its limits. Our ordeal would ...

2153. Catheter Lock with Minocycline, EDTA and Ethanol for Salvaging of Central Venous Catheters in the Setting of Catheter-related Bloodstream Infections Ray Y. Hachem, MD1; Souha Kanj, MD, FIDSA; Nelson Hamerschlak, MD; Hala Saad, MD; Fernanda Ferraz Assir, MD; Nobuyoshi Mori, MD; Ying Jiang, MS; Fady Ghaly, MD; Anne-Marie Chaftari, MD and Issam Raad, MD; Infectious Diseases, Infection Contro...