Ibn Sina Blvd:
Ibn Sina, al-Husayn bin `abd-Allah, the doctor-philosopher, the scholar of logic, language, poetry and nature/botany(?), born 370 A.H. The most famous of his books is “Law in Medicine”. Died 428 A.H.
PS: There is most appropriately a signboard for a “specialist medical clinic” above the sign.
Badreddin el-Hassani: the biggest modernizer (tarboush tip: al-Fannaan) of the Levant, born in Damascus in 1851, was devoted to worship and teaching, helped the Greater Syrian revolutionaries with wise plans. Died in 1935.
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keep it coming!
Posted by Maytha | July 21, 2008, 1:43 pmمُحْدَث upstart, could possibly mean modernist here
مُحَدِّث could could mean spokesman
Posted by alfannaan | July 23, 2008, 12:06 amah, yes muhdith – modernizer. thank you!
Posted by sunbula | July 23, 2008, 1:28 am