Although there are many universities in the Middle East, reports about research in that region of the world seem to be quite sparse. So I was thrilled to learn that a popular science website for the Middle East went live last month.

"The Arabic website, called the Arab Agency for Science News, will collect stories from around the Arab region through an extensive network of reporters," said Mohammed Yahia, in an article for SciDev. "Its main aim will be to communicate research news to the public."
According to Yahia, it is the first of its kind.
If that is the case, students who only speak Arabic must find it very hard to stay informed.
So far, most of the articles on AASN seem to be about commerce and technology, rather than science. One article describes Google gears and another spells out a code of ethics for engineers. The website has an environment and climate section, but it does not seem to contain any stories about those topics.

Since the Middle East has a tremendous influence upon our environment, and enough wealth to make countless scientific breakthroughs, the people there deserve a better source of information.

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"Better source of information" and better treatment in my opinion..=D

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