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Nature 416, 120-122 (14 March 2002) | doi:10.1038/416120a

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Arab science: Blooms in the desert

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The Arab world has a proud history of scholarship, but in recent decades it has neglected science. Now, against a backdrop of turmoil, a grassroots initiative hopes to restore the balance. Ehsan Masood reports.

These are dark days for the Arab world. In many of its nations, standards of living are in decline.