Available evidence suggests that congenital and genetic disorders are responsible for a major proportion of infant mortality, morbidity, and handicap in Arab countries. The population of the region is characterised by large family size, high maternal and paternal age, and a high level of inbreeding with consanguinity rates in the range of 25-60%. 2 4 w1 Certain disorders are common throughout t...

this article explores the primitive ideas supporting the equality between men and women in arab society after the movement. the scientific advances in the west during the nineteenth century as well as their impact on the arab world combined with the social conditions of arab countries and their backwardness contributed to the increasing social demands of women. the impact of this new wave was p...

Haemoglobin disorders, inherited metabolic diseases, neurogenetic disorders, and birth defects are common among Arab populations. The relative human and economic costs of these diseases are rising because of the decline in prevalence of infectious diseases and improved but expensive medical care available to affected people. As Al-Gazali report in this week’s BMJ, although many programmes to co...

Qatar is a peninsula bordering the Arabian Gulf and Saudi Arabia. The country occupies an area of 11,437 square kilometers that roughly stretches 160 kilometers long and 70 kilometers wide. Doha is the capital of the country and the major administrative, commercial, and population center. The population of Qatar according to recent census was as high as 1,700,000 and the total number of live bi...

One billion of the world's population has hypertension, resulting in four million deaths per year. Data on the prevalence of hypertension in the Arab world are very limited. This review summarizes existing knowledge regarding prevalence, awareness, and control of hypertension in Arab countries. The PubMed, Cochrane Library, Scopus, and CINAHL databases were searched for publications on HTN amon...

Energy consumption has been essential to societies; because societies depend on the rising provisions of energy to meet their requirements for goods and services and endorse sustainable development. The major source of energy nowadays is oil; oil consumption is dependent on oil availability, production and price. Several Arab countries are considered as major suppliers of oil in the world; cons...

information technology has demolished time and distance. the new communication technologies have become dominant in contemporary world politics. the tools such as mobile phones, internet and satellite networks play supporting role in social changes with strengthening public space. we witness the effectiveness of new media in the recent unprecedented developments in arabic countries. the social ...

SUMMARY The love story of Majnoon Lila is well known across all levels of society in the Arab world. The story is famous in Arabic literature as well as in Arab folk stories. In this paper, the poems of Quasis are analyzed and a diagnosis of organic heart failure is made from his complaints.