Articles by hasan A. yahya
How al-Mansour dealt with Theologians? -
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hasan A. yahya
Hasan A. Yahya, a writer from Palestine Terrible as was the wrath of Al Mansur when roused, there were not wanting on occasion those among his subjects who had the courage to rebuke him. Once the Caliph was addressing an audience at Damascus, and said:...
Al Mansur and Literature Legend: Ibn Al Mukaffa -
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hasan A. yahya
Hasan A. Yahya, a writer from Palestine Involvement in politics from literary legends in the Arabic history of literature, is an interesting one. In this article, a story of a legend paid his life for a message he wrote. Ibn Al Mukaffa, the translator of...
Education in the Arab Countries – Part One -
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hasan A. yahya
Hasan A. Yahya, a professor of Educational Administration The Arab countries were approached for research on various topics in the last half century, for increasing global importance and national independence. In other words, the Arab world was ignored for a long time while it was...
Ten Steps for Beginners on Writing One Act Play -
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hasan A. yahya
Hasan A. Yahya, a writer from Palestine Plays are the small siblings of movies, a one act play is the infant of the family. One act plays are complete short stories, They are plays that take place in only one scene and are generally less...
The Waves of Hate in America Have to be Questioned Officially -
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hasan A. yahya
Hasan A. Yahya, a writer from Palestine This article about certain issues concerning the American public. The issue of Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) Topeka, Kansas phenomenon of inciting hate through signs and pickets.According to journalistic reports, Michigan authorities recently have used a fence and a...
Personalities I admire: National Heroes of Norway -
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hasan A. yahya
Posted by: Hasan A. Yahya, a writer from Palestine Every nation's national heroes are accorded the greatest respect because of their selfless sacrifice and dedication to the freedom of the country and also taking the country to great heights in every other field. The national...
Personalities I Admire, Swedish Alfred Bernhard Nobel -
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hasan A. yahya
Hasan A. Yahya, a writer from Palestine Even though Nobel, the inventor we selected to cover in this article invented a dealy weapon, the Dynamite in 1855, his recommendation for Nobel Prize is a commended as an honorable work. He should be credited for the...
Tragedy of Arab Christians and Law in the Middle East -
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hasan A. yahya
Hasan Yahya, a writer from Palestine Two incidents recently happened in the troubled , politically, religiously and socially, Middle East need attention. One in Lebanon and the other in Egypt and Iraq. The first was against an Egyptian Muslim and the other two incidents one...
Baghdad, The Shining City in Islamic Civilization -VIII -
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hasan A. yahya
Baghdad, The Shining City in Islamic Civilization -VIII Hasan A. Yahya, a writer from Palestine The cultured residents of Baghdad liked their pleasure. They gathered secretly in cabarets, and some of them met in Christian monasteries on the outskirts of the city. The Book of...
Baghdad, The Shining City in Islamic Civilization - IX -
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hasan A. yahya
Hasan A. Yahya, a writer from Palestine In the third quarter of the tenth century, Mesopotamian painters were invited to Egypt to paint frescoes. The story is told by Maqrizi, who refers to a History of Painters, which can be placed in the eleventh century....
Are Jews Behind Harmful Streams to Humanity? -
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hasan A. yahya
Are Jews Behind Harmful Streams to Humanity? Hasan A. Yahya, a writer from Palestine Jews all over the world are described in many writings to be behind evil things happened to humanity. Since Shakespear's description of a Jew in the Merchant of Venice play, many...
Personalities I admire: Arab Navigator: Ahmad ibn Majid, (Julfar-Oman), Ras al-Khaimah, UAE -
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hasan A. yahya
Personalities I admire: Arab Navigator: Ahmad ibn Majid, (Julfar-Oman), Ras al-Khaimah, UAE Hasan A. Yahya, a writer from Palestine Ahmad ibn Majid was one of the most famous Arab navigators (mu'allim) in history, was born around 1432-1437. at Julfar in northern Ras al-Khaimah, which...
Baghdad, The Shining City in Islamic Civilization - VII -
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hasan A. yahya
Hasan A. Yahya, a writer from Palestine The Abbasid golden age gave rise to a capable and imposing group of translators, who tried successfully to regain the heritage of antiquity. Men of letters took advantage of this substantial contribution. They entered into passionate and fruitful...
Israel Still to blame in the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process. A Respond to the Editor-at-Large of The Washington Times: Arnaud de Borchgrave -
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hasan A. yahya
Hasan A. Yahya, a writer from Palestine Arnaud de Borchgrave the editor-at-large of The Washington Times and of United Press International started his article titled: No Real Chance for Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process, on Tuesday, 23, Nov. 2010 with this statement: "The Middle East peace process...
Baghdad, The Shining City in Islamic Civilization - VI -
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hasan A. yahya
Hasan A. Yahya, a writer from Palestine Under the Abbasids, there was also the social advancement of administrative secretaries, which enabled them to succeed the poets of an earlier period, who had been the only ones to earn their living in the field of letters....
Baghdad, The Shining City in Islamic Civilization – Part III -
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hasan A. yahya
Hasan A. Yahya, a writer from Palestine The caliph Mamun was responsible for the translation of Greek works into Arabic. He founded in Baghdad the Academy of Wisdom, (بيت الحكمة) which took over from the Persian university of Jundaisapur and soon became an active scientific...
Baghdad, The Shining City in Islamic Civilization - IV -
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hasan A. yahya
Hasan A. Yahya, a writer from Palestine The way in which the caliph Mamun kindled the enthusiasm of others is admirable. Three brothers, the sons of Musa ibn Shakir, sought to distinguish themselves by giving fabulous sums of money to collect manuscripts and to bring...
Baghdad, The Shining City in Islamic Civilization - V -
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hasan A. yahya
Hasan A. Yahya, a writer from Palestine As is well known from monuments and manuscripts, calligraphy was an important art in Muslem countries. The most famous of the calligraphers of the time was Ibn Muqla, who was unfortunate enough to have been the vizier of...
Baghdad, The Shining City in Islamic Civilization – Part II -
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hasan A. yahya
Hasan A. Yahya, a writer from Palestine During the two hundred years after AD. 750, the intellectual ferment did not lessen for a single moment. Even limited to the names of those scholars, writers, and poets who absolutely should be known, the list is an...
Baghdad, The Shining City in Islamic Civilization – Part I -
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hasan A. yahya
Hasan A. Yahya, a writer from Palestine Under the Golden Age of Arab and Islamic Culture Gaston Wiet describes in detail, the civilization aspects of the Abbasid Caliphate . He wrote: "Baghdad, at the confluence of two cultures, Aramaic and Greek, became, in the tenth century,...
