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Who is Ibn al-Haytham
He is the founder of optics and the modern scientific method
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Who is Kahlil Gibran
He is the third-best-selling poet of all time, behind Shakespeare and Laozi
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What is Cuerda Seca
The tiles made in Iran and held in the Royal Ontario Museum are decorated with this technique
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What is the Middle Ages
The period in which Arab scientists evolved alchemy into what later became known as chemistry
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Who is Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
He is the most popular poet in the United States
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What is the Aga Khan Park
This Park, designed by notable landscape architect Vladimir Djurovic, combines contemporary design with the motifs of a traditional Islamic garden
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Who is Ali Javan
He is the inventor of the Gas Laser
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What is the Prophet
This book, by Kahlil Gibran, has inspired song lyrics, political speeches and poems in North America
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What is the Madinah Masjid
This building, in Toronto, is designed as a traditional Mosque completed with a Dome and Minaret
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