KUWAIT: Arab Medical Union (AMU), which represents associations and societies active in the medical field, made a huge move in deciding to “Arabize” medicine in the Arab world. It is known that sciences including medical subjects are taught in native languages all over the world, with few exceptions due to having multiple languages, particularly in India. AMU said among the major reasons behind the drop in medicine in Arab countries, as studies and researches showed, is the inability of the Arab doctor to understand sciences correctly in his language.
All scientists around the world are in agreement on this, as the medical experience in Arab countries, since imperialism forced them to use a language other than theirs, faces a major regression in research and studies. It is regretful that the Zionist entity, which teaches medicine in Hebrew, has scientific and research papers that exceed what Arab scientists and doctors publish despite the huge difference in population numbers, as Jewish residents in the Zionist entity are 7 million, while the population of the Arab world is nearly 437 million.
Dr Khalid Al-Saleh, who was asked to chair the Arabization committee, said the union reformed the committee’s statutes and regulations and meetings of the higher council of the union. He said former head of the translation department at WHO Dr Qasim Sara from Syria was selected as committee rapporteur.
Dr Saleh said the committee has 17 members from Arab countries who are concerned with Arabization – Dr Mohammad Iyad Al-Shatti, Dr Yousuf Barakat and Dr Mohammad Qaderi from Syria; Dr Mohammad Al-Hamlawi, Dr Mohammad Al-Batanouni, Dr Khalid Amarah and Dr Essam Al-Sayyed from Egypt; Dr Saleh Baleid and Dr Ismail Erwainah from Algeria; Dr Abdellatif Obaid and Dr Ahmad Thiyab from Tunisia; Dr Amin Kashmiri from Saudi Arabia; Dr Marzouq Yousuf Al-Ghunaim from Kuwait; Dr Abdullah Al-Saedi from Yemen and Dr Idris Abu Al-Hassan from Morocco. Dr Saleh appreciated all Arab efforts that facilitated this matter and wished them success.
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