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A woman has her eyes tested at the Care Harbor four-day free
clinic, which offers free medical, dental and vision care to around
4,000 uninsured people in Los Angeles. Photo by Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

Visual Impairments Threaten Academic Achievements in Spain

by Subaih Sadiq | Oct 17, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

Madrid – Many parents in Spain benefit from the back-to-school period to visit ophthalmologists to check up on their children’s eyes, while many others do not pay attention to their children’s vision. According to a recent surveys, 64% of Spanish families visit...

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Eyeagnosis system [Image: Kavya Kopparapu]

School Students Develop Portable System to Diagnose Eye Diseases

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 11, 2017 | Health, Lifestyle & Culture

London- High School students have invented a device that can detect signs of degenerative eye disease, especially for patients with diabetes. The Eyeagnosis system uses a 3D-printed lens and an AI-enabled smartphone app to diagnose diabetic retinopathy. Kavya...

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A trader works at the Egyptian stock market in Cairo, October 28, 2008. REUTERS/Amr Dalsh

University Students in Cairo: Graduating Is a Dream Crushed by the Dollar

by Dalia Assam | Apr 3, 2017 | Business

Cairo- A young and persevering Egyptian scholar, Samer, joined the American University in Cairo three years ago in hopes of fulfilling his late father’s wish of him becoming a distinguished engineer. What he did not see coming was that his dream would shatter right...

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President El-Sisi Pardons 82 Young Detainees

by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Nov 18, 2016 | Middle East

The Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi pardoned 82 young people in custody on Thursday. The Egyptian Presidential Media Office said that most of those who were pardoned were university students who were arrested during protests including an Islamic Studies...

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Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques receives cultural attaché of Saudi Embassy in the United States and a group of outstanding Saudi students in a number of American universities. SPA

60 Saudi Students Stopped from Entering U.S., 5 of them over Mobile Phones

by Mohammad Ali Salih | Oct 15, 2016 | Saudi Arabia

Washington-Cultural Attaché at the Saudi Embassy in Washington Dr. Mohammed al-Issa denied in a telephone interview with Asharq Al-Awsat rumors about a U.S. decision to prevent around 100 students from entering the country, saying only scores had not renewed their...