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Sam Jarada – The Public Trust The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) outlines how millions of people are studied, diagnosed and treated. However, distress, trauma and grief, for example, which fall outside Western descriptions of depression or PTSD, are ignored, misunderstood or misclassified. Therefore, many of these guidelines
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Crypto Cranium – The Muslim Skeptic Among the different forms of entertainment that have sprung forth in the wake of modern technologies, video games have been at the forefront. Many of these games are aimed towards the male consumer, primarily because they offer men the ‘fix’ they crave for performing challenging
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Sarah Khan – The American Muslim Society for Science, Engineering, and Medicine Today, it is difficult to confine artificial intelligence to one area of our lives due to its inevitable pervasiveness that only seems to grow with the years. Not too long ago, many were concerned about backtracking on AI altogether.
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Sam Jarada – Ihya Publications The articles in this series have outlined a straightforward yet significant argument: bimaristans were more than mere hospitals; they were institutions influenced by care, access, ethics, and education. Collectively, the themes addressed in this series lead to a very practical inquiry: what would Muslim-inclusive care
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Sam Jarada – Ihya Publications Introduction Since secondary school, my passion for science has bloomed. I had science teachers who cultivated this enthusiasm when I decided to become a doctor (specifically a psychiatrist). I initially had this pathway in mind because I wanted to help people, which led me to pursue
From Islamic Medicine to Inclusive Care
Sam Jarada – Ihya Publications Bimaristans not only cured patients but also moulded physicians who were not only competent but also of good character. The classical Islamic medical texts stressed the importance of ethics in medicine, while medical training involved observation, mentorship, and evaluation. Al-Ruhawi argued that physicians must master
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Ziyaad Surtee – Ihya Publications An Islamic conceptual framework of being Appreciating a conceptual framework rooted in Islamic principles as a means of understanding being and its interrelationship with health is an essential starting point for any discourse on Islam and healing. There are different components of being. The body and
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Sam Jarada – Ihya Publications Where and When Did Bimaristans Emerge? Bimaristans (hospitals) were medical institutions that emerged during the Abbasid period, particularly from the 8th century onwards. The term "Bimaristan" is of Persian origin, meaning "house of the sick," and it was sometimes known as Dar