1994 Corel Corporation

Editorial:  Is Western Civilization in Crisis?
The Editor  Page # 1

Medical/Medicine:  The Biology of Behavior, A Focus on Panic Disorder
Salima Merani, Ph.D.  Page # 4

Science:  Lasers: Operation and Applications
Louay Eldada, Ph.D.  Page # 8

Reincarnation/ Philosophy:  Brief Description of Main Theories of Reincarnation
A. Watani  Page # 20

Selections:  Black Zola (A Trans. by A. Watani)
Dr. Dahesh  Page # 24
 

Editorial:  Hope for Man’s Future
The Editorial Board  Page # 1

Selections:  Allah – (God)
Dr. Dahesh  Page # 4

Culture:  Zeno of Citium
Sema’an I. Salem, Ph.D. Lynda A. Salem M.S.L.S  Page # 5

 Civilization:  Canadian Inuit Autobiography...
Martin Behr  Page # 14

Personality:  Personality
Janine Pioger  Page # 17

Ethics:  On Kindness
Douglas Johnson  Page # 19

Interview:  I Dahesh Speak to you
Daoud A. Sayegh (journalist)  Page # 22

Selections:  Secrets of Life and Death
Dr. Dahesh  Page # 24

The Lions Courtyard, Granada−Alhambra (Lions Statues−Interior Court).

 Editorial:  Where is Justice in Interrelationships?
The Editor  Page # 1

Literature:  William Blake and Kahlil Gibran...
George N. El-Hage, Ph.D  Page # 4

Medical/Medicine:  Risk of Cancer Attributed to Tobacco Smoking
Dr. Parviz Ghadirian  Page # 13

Culture:  Science in Muslim Spain
Sema’an I. Salem, Ph.D.  Page # 16

Ethics:  Globalizations of Culture...
Mursi Saad el-Din, Ph.D.  Page # 23

Selections:  Memoirs of A Dinar
Dr. Dahesh  Page # 27

E. Burner Zinnias 46 x 38 inches © From Private Collection

Editorial:  Culture and the Progress of Civilization
The Editor  Page # 1

Cosmology:  Our Universe and its Fate
Sema‘an I. Salem, Ph.D  Page # 4

Essay:  A Letter to My Daughter
Douglas Johnson  Page # 12

Selections:  … And Time Went by
Dr. Dahesh  Page # 20

Profile:  A Family of the Pen and Values
Majed Mehdi  Page # 28

Arabic Heritage:  Lines from Abul-‘Ala’ Al-Ma‘arri
Abul-‘Ala’ Al-Ma‘arri  Page # 33

Arabic Heritage:  The Ruins
Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi  Page # 34

Arabic Heritage:  Supplication ─ A Prayer
Ameen Rihani  Page # 36

Gibran Kahlil Gibran (thirty five years old)

Private collection, photo courtesy of Jean Gibran and Kahlil Gibran of Boston, Massachusetts (USA).

Editorial:  In the Centennial Anniversary of his Arrival in America
The Editorial Board  Page # 2

Selections:  Between Two Vipers. (trans. by Wadida Wassif)
Dr. Dahesh  Page # 4

Art:  The Science of Art Conservation
R. Sahliya, Ph.D.  Page # 6

Science:  GSPH-1: A Promising Vegetal Compound in the Fight Against AIDS
Mohamed Ben Amar, M.Sc. Richard Morisset, M.D. Parviz Ghadirian, Ph.D. Guy Poirier  Page # 13

Computers:  Computer Viruses Phenomena
Elias Majdalani, Ph.D.  Page # 17

Cover: Bedouins by Marie Hadad, © Dahesh Museum−New York.

Editorial:  The Person of the Twentieth Century
The Editor  Page # 1

Civilization:  The Calendar
Sema`an I. Salem, Ph.D. and Lynda A. Salem, M.S.L.S.  Page # 4

Medical:  Antioxidant Vitamins and Your Heart
Joseph F. Hanna, M.D. F.A.C.C.  Page # 13

Art:  Manichaeism of the African Theater
Suzy Suriam, Ph.D.  Page # 16

Essay:  A Life Truly Worth Living
Douglas S. Johnson  Page # 21

Selections:  The Departure of Christ
Dr. Dahesh  Page # 24

Selections:  The Divided Tree
Dr. Dahesh 

admin Cover: CASIMIR RAYMOND (French),
Le gobelet bleu, watercolor. Private collection.

Editorial:  To Dr. Dahesh, on his Birthday
The Editorial Board  Page # 1

Ethics:  Of Duty
Douglas S. Johnson  Page # 20

Literature:  William Blake and Kahlil Gibran...
George N. El-Hage, Ph.D.  Page # 20

Selections:  Adonis and Astarte
Dr. Dahesh  Page # 24

Civilization:  Adonis Has Risen
Sema’an Salem, Ph.D. and Lynda A. Salem  Page # 31

Ernest Karl Eugen Koerner The Temple of Karnak, The Great Hypostyle Hall, 1890 Oil on canvas, 31 ¼ x 18 ¼ inches © Copyright Dahesh Museum of Art

Editorial:  Western Rationality and Eastern Spirituality
The Editor  Page # 1

Civilization:  Beyond the Great Pyramid
Dr. Sameh M. Arab  Page # 4

Education:  Education as Real Life (2)
Douglas S. Johnson  Page # 13

Medicine:  How Modern Anesthesia Started in the Middle East
Dr. Mohamad Said Takrouri  Page # 21

Selections:  A Mystifying Riddle or The Sweetness of Death
Dr. Dahesh  Page # 32
 

Dr. Fareed Abu Sleiman, Amesterdam–Holland

Editorial:  Is There Hope for Revival in the Underdeveloped Countries?
The Editor  Page # 1

Literature:  Badr Shakir al-Sayyab and the Role of the Modern Arab Poet
George N. El-Hage, Ph.D.  Page # 4

Cosmology:  Asteroids, Meteors, Comets, and Mass Extinctions
Sema`an I. Salem, Ph.D.  Page # 14

Selections:  Kingdom of Jinn
Dr. Dahesh  Page # 22

Eulogy:  In Memory of Dr. Fareed Abu Sleiman
Qassim Awada  Page # 30