Father of Aviation: Abbas Ibn Firnas
By Neenah Payne Americans take flying across the country and around the world for granted now. However, even as late at the 1960s, only the…
Culture
Father of Robotics: Al-Jazari
By Neenah Payne Al-Jazari (1136-1206), whose full name was Al-Shaykh Ra’is al-A`mal Badi`al-Zaman Abu al-‘Izz ibn Isma`il ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari, worked as chief engineer at…
Cultural Affinity for Gold in China Could Fuel Rising Prices Globally
By Jon Forrest Little Gold has lost $170 since hitting a peak of $2,050 per ounce in early May. 1 Gram Gold Bars – Geiger…
Father of Sociology, Historiography, Economics: Ibn Khaldun
By Neenah Payne Abd al-Rahman Ibn Muhammad Ibn Khaldun al-Hadrami (1332-1406), known in the West as “Ibn Khaldun”, was a sociologist, historiographer, economist, and philosopher….
Discoverer of Blood Circulation: Ibn al-Nafis
By Neenah Payne We are told that William Harvey (1578–1657) discovered the circulation of the blood. So, it will come as a surprise to learn…
It’s A Trap! The Wave Of Repercussions As The Middle East Fights “The Last War”
By Brandon Smith Few people are familiar with a little event around 1200 BC called the Bronze Age Collapse in the region known as the…
World’s First True Scientist: Ibn al-Haytham
By Neenah Payne Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) (965-1039) was the founder of the scientific method, the founder of modern optics, a pioneer in astronomy, and invented…
Father of Modern Surgery: Al-Zahrawi/Abulcasis
By Neenah Payne Ibn Sina/Avicenna: Founder of Western Medicine explains that we are told that Hippocrates (450 BCE to 380 BCE), a Greek physician, was…
How The Concept of Zero Changed The World!
By Neenah Payne How would you use Roman numerals to add or subtract – much less multiply or divide?! Today, we take the Arabic numbering…
Propaganda, Eugenics, Gender
By Dustin Broadbery When illustrious leaders of the opposition cannot define what a woman is, you got to ask yourself, what the hell is going…
The Father of Algebra: Al-Khwarizmi
By Neenah Payne Islamic civilization served as the main source of science and philosophy in the West for six centuries between 1000 and 1600 CE….
Al-Razi: A Father of Western Medicine
By Neenah Payne Ibn Sina/Avicenna: Founder of Western Medicine explains that we are told that Hippocrates (450 BCE to 380 BCE), a Greek physician, was…
Ibn Rushd/Averroes: Grandfather of European Enlightenment
By Neenah Payne Americans are taught to revere Greek philosophers like Plato and Aristotle. We are told that after the fall of Rome about 500…
“A National Crime” (a balanced look at the residential school systems)
By John C.A. Manley In my novel, Much Ado About Corona, one of the indigenous characters, affectionately called “Granddad” by the people of Moosehead, was…