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European Universities Founded before the Discovery of America

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 7, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

London – Oxford University sources confirm that it’s the oldest Anglo-Saxon university in the U.K., however, the oldest rank among the European universities is Italian, the Bologna University, which was established in 1088, eight years before Oxford. Both...

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Edward Snowden to Help Develop a Safer Phone for Journalists

by JOHN MARKOFF | Aug 8, 2016 | Technology

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The former National Security Agency contractor Edward J. Snowden said Thursday that he planned to help develop a modified version of Apple’s iPhone for journalists who are concerned that they may be the target of government surveillance. The...

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Artists impression of the planned Cambridge Mosque (Cambridge Mosque Project)

Europe’s first “Eco-Mosque” to open in Cambridge

by Najlaa Habriri | Sep 29, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—“Every Mosque or building built by a Muslim should be ‘green,’ that is, friendly to the environment,” says Baraka Khan, the 23-year-old Cambridge University student who is raising funds for a project to build Europe’s first ecologically...