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Saudi Aramco World : How They Find The Oil

WEBAs early as 1650 Rumania was producing oil. Russia's Baku fields go back to 1871, Mexico's to the 1880's, Texas' Spindletop to 1901, Kuwait's and Saudi Arabia's to 1938. …

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Saudi Aramco World : Medicine From The Middle East

WEBMedicine From The Middle East. Two hundred years after the Arabians swept out of the peninsula on an irresistible Islamic tide, the medicine they practiced was the most …

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Saudi Aramco World : Healing South Central

WEBIn a Los Angeles neighborhood where medical care can be as tough to find as a job, six young doctors transformed an abandoned garage into a bright clinic that’s giving free …

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Saudi Aramco World : In Melville's Shadow

WEBBased on a daguerreotype by Mathew Brady, who later photographed the American Civil War, this portrait of William Starbuck Mayo, above, appeared in the July 1, 1851 edition …

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Saudi Aramco World : Brooklyn's Atlantic Avenue

WEBIn the end, the 1970's and 1980's turned out to be the right time for both Brooklyn and Atlantic Avenue. To boost Brooklyn, the city pressed merchants and restaurant owners …

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Saudi Aramco World : Unani: Medicine’s Greco-Islamic Synthesis

WEBUntil the late 18th century, Greco–Islamic medicine had been known in India simply by the Arabic word tibb (“medicine”). The earliest known references to the word “Unani” are in …

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Saudi Aramco World : Natural Remedies of Arabia

WEBHow to use: 1) For tea, simmer one teaspoon of aniseed in a cup of water for about 10 minutes. Strain and drink; 2) Grind seeds to powder for use in baking; 3) Chew the …

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Saudi Aramco World : Doctor, Philosopher, Renaissance Man

WEBBoth the Islamic and the European worlds used his medical writings for more than 700 years. His commentaries on Plato helped sow the seeds of the European Renaissance and won him both admiration and—briefly—exile. His names were household words: In the West, he was called Averroës; in the East, Ibn Rushd. From where he worked, in …

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Saudi Aramco World : Balancing on the Hyphen

WEBChildren of immigrants maintain an ever-shifting balance between their parents’ culture and America’s, a process that involves both conflict and comedy. Diana Abu-Jaber lived this balancing act, and writes about it with affection.

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Saudi Aramco World : The Arab Roots of European Medicine

WEBThe Arab caliphs set out to collect the works of Greek physicians and scholars, and supported intercultural institutions like the university at Jundishahpur and the House of …

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Saudi Aramco World : The Happy Ones

WEBUnlike olive, yellow, chacma and Guinea baboons, all of which are found only in Africa, Papio hamadryas live on both shores of the Red Sea, ranging from Ethiopia, Eritrea and …

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Saudi Aramco World : KFSH: Showcase of the Future

WEBThe King Faisal Specialist Hospital, which opened in 1975, is among the most modern hospitals in the world. It is a showcase of modern medicine, a model for future health care in Saudi Arabia and a fitting monument to King Faisal, the man who outlined its basic concept in this quotation: "We will not wait all these innumerable generations, as

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Saudi Aramco World : A Circle of Care

WEBJosie Glausiusz ([email protected]) is a journalist and editor specializing in science.Her articles have appeared in Nature, Wired, Discover, The Wall Street Journal, Scientific …

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Saudi Aramco World : Skylines, Past

WEBSkylines, Past. Structures that enticed the eye upward were hallmarks of ingenuity in the Middle East of Old. Let imagination give us two travelers.

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Saudi Aramco World : Pioneer Physicians

WEBMaimonides's family chose exile, and they eventually settled near Cairo. When family tragedy reduced them to penury, he took up the practice of medicine. Maimonides wrote …

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Saudi Aramco World :March/April 1987

WEBThat collection provided an exquisite illustrated manuscript for the exhibition “The Age of Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent,” which will visit Washington , Chicago and New York during 1987. —The Editors. From Cuneiform to Topkapi. Written by Barry Hoberman. Illustrated by Trevor Newton. The Miner and the Manuscripts. Written by John Lawton.

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Saudi Aramco World :May/June 1969

WEBBombs Beneath the Sea: Written and photographed by Ludwig Sillner: Just four davits poking out of the water off Port Sudan mark the spot where a courageous Italian captain scuttled the Umbria at the outbreak of World War II to save its dangerous cargo from capture—a cargo that lies there to this day rusting under a growth of coral.

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Saudi Aramco World : The Pioneers

WEBThomas Lippman is an author and journalist who has specialized in Middle Eastern affairs and us foreign policy for more than three decades. A former Middle East bureau chief of …

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Saudi Aramco World : "A Strange Little Book"

WEBThis article appeared on pages 10-15 of the November/December 1964 print edition of Saudi Aramco World.. Check the Public Affairs Digital Image Archive for November/December 1964 images.

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Saudi Aramco World : The Pox Upon Her

WEBThe Pox Upon Her. Written by Susan McHenry Illustrated by Michael Grimsdale. This May, in Geneva, the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) formally announced at the World …

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Saudi Aramco World : July/August 2006 Classroom Guide

WEBFor students: We hope this two-page guide will help sharpen your reading skills and deepen your understanding of this issue’s articles. For teachers: We encourage reproduction and adaptation of these ideas, freely and without further permission from Saudi Aramco World, by teachers at any level, whether working in a classroom or through home study.

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High, Low and Middling Cuisines

WEB1000 ce: The high cuisine of the Abbasid Caliphate. The first Islamic high cuisine, the high cuisine of the caliphate, was well established by 1000. To refine the simple cuisine of the …

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