Stories
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Do you see what I see?
Is reality actually what you see, or just an elaborate illusion?
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Mapping the body
These intricate anatomical drawings show how Ayurveda practitioners have explored the human body and how it works.
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Illuminated manuscripts, illuminating medicines
From rare bugs to exorbitantly priced plant parts, find out more about the artistic and medical uses of pigments from the past.
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The evil eye and social anxiety
The ‘look’ of the evil eye is believed to bring bad luck, illness or even death. This ancient curse might be deliberate, inflicted with an envious glare, or it could be accidental, the result of undue attention or excessive praise.
Catalogue
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Disability in the Ottoman Arab World, 1500-1800 / Sara Scalenghe.
Scalenghe, Sara, 1970-Date: 2014- Journals
al-ʻĀlam al-ʻArabī fī al-baḥth al-ʻilmī = Le monde arabe dans la recherche scientifique = The Arab World in scientific research.
Date: [1993?-]- Books
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Young Islam : the new politics of religion in Morocco and the Arab World / Avi Max Spiegel.
Spiegel, Avi, 1975-Date: 2015- Archives and manuscripts
WHO Social Welfare Seminar for Arab Nations in the Middle East, Beirut: CDW lectures and reports including Report of visit to Beirut
Date: Aug-Sep 1949Reference: PP/CDW/D.7Part of: Williams, Cicely Delphine (1893-1992)- Books
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Being modern in the Middle East : revolution, nationalism, colonialism, and the Arab middle class / Keith David Watenpaugh.
Watenpaugh, Keith David, 1966-Date: 2012