Abdus Salam: the Muslim science genius forgotten by history
The Pakistani physicist’s work led to the discovery of the Higgs boson, but he was disowned in his home country for his faith. Now a Netflix film is […]
A biopic of Pakistani physicist Abdus Salam is going to be on Netflix soon: ‘Salam – The First ****** Nobel Laureate’ will be showcasing the Nobel laureate’s extraordinary life
By Maha Ali – September 19, 2019 Salam – The First ****** Nobel Laureate is reported to hit Netflix on the 1st of October of this year. The film […]
Nobel laureate Murad to build hospital in her hometown in Iraq
Murad survived the worst of the cruelties and brutality inflicted on her people, the Yazidis of Iraq, by the Daesh group. (File/AFP) Reuters December 14, 2018 The laureate was […]
A Nobel laureate in exile. BOOK REVIEW
A Nobel laureate in exile Andrew Robinson Salam: The First ****** Nobel Laureate Anand Kamalakar, director Kailoola Productions, 2018. 76 minutes. See all authors and affiliations Science 12 Oct 2018: […]
The life and legacy of Nobel laureate Muhammad Abdus Salam come into focus in a new film
Book and media reviews from the journal Science, edited by Valerie Thompson. Valerie Thompson, Editor FILM SCIENCE LIVES By Andrew Robinson 10 October, 2018 Salam: The First ****** Nobel […]
Social media reacts to NA’s resolution to drop Dr Salam’s name from QAU Physics dept
BY Staff Report The National Assembly (NA) on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution to rename the Physics department of Islamabad’s Quaid-i-Azam University in a bid to drop the name of […]
Abdus Salam: the real story of Pakistan’s Nobel prize winner
HASHAM CHEEMA A star is born Abdus Salam’s birth certificate. Source – ICTP Photo Library On the 29th of January 1926, Chaudhry Muhammad Hussein and Bibi Hajira Hussien had a baby boy at their two-bedroom abode in Jhang. They named him Abdus Salam; ‘servant of peace’. “I was born in […]
Why Muslims have only few Nobel Prizes
by Mustafa Akyol I am not the greatest fan of Richard Dawkins, the famous Oxford professor, whose passionate atheism looks to me as a dogma in itself rather than freedom from dogmas. Yet I must I admit that he had point recently when he wrote the following on Twitter: “All […]
Tribute to Dr Abdus Salam on RAWAL TV, Canada Nov 2012
Dr Abdus Salam, Muslim world’s first Nobel laureate in physics 1979, passed away November 21, 1996. In order to pay tribute to this giant of 20th century scientists, Prof Dr John Moffat and Zakaria Virk paid tribute on November 21, 2012, with program host Atif Mir. Prof Moffat did his […]
President Jimmy Carter: A Fearless and Honest Peace Maker
May, 2012 Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid[1] is a New York Times Best Seller book written by Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States (1977–1981) and winner of the 2002 […]
Nobel laureates press for peace
Dawn.com: CHICAGO: Nobel peace laureates gathered for an annual summit said Monday the work that earned them their prizes is far from over and rallied support for their fight for […]
Economic activities should focus on social needs: Muhammad Yunus
Source: The Economic Times KOLLAM (Kerala): Nobel Laureate and architect of Bangladesh Grameen Bank Muhammad Yunus today stressed the need to discard the economic theory that business is all about profit-making and said all economic activitiesshould focus on solving the problems of society.Speaking at the inaugural session of the International […]