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Climate Change Impacts on the Helmand River Basin of Afghanistan: Implications for Local Livelihoods and Transboundary Water Conflict
I examined the effects of climate change on the transboundary HRB in Afghanistan. Climate change has significantly changed the basin’s hydrological pattern, increasing pressure on its water resources. The decrease in river flow has led to rising tensions and conflicts among the riparian countries.
From Awareness to Assurance: What Two Saudi Studies Reveal About AI’s Next Chapter in Accounting
This post synthesizes insights from two published Saudi studies into a practical roadmap for responsible AI adoption in accounting, and it outlines research questions that can help advance rigorous, impact-oriented scholarship.
Securing the “Things”: The Story Behind Our IoT Cybersecurity Framework
The rapid growth of connected technologies has transformed the way we live, work, and build modern systems. Yet, behind every smart device lies an often overlooked question:
How do we keep these systems secure long after they are deployed?
Regenerative and restorative epistemology (L'Épistémologie régénératrice et réparatrice): the foundation of a new contract for social, cognitive, and ecological justice
By regenerative and restorative epistemology, we mean ways of thinking and knowing that are deeply rooted in the relational ontologies that structure our ways of doing, living, coexisting, and inhabiting, which can be observed in the Global South as well as in the global North.
Understanding “Kun Faya Kun” in the age of Science
“Kun Faya Kun”, a divine Islamic command — “Be, and it is”, is often misunderstood as a poetic or mystical phrase, suitable only for spiritual reflection. In reality, it is a profound philosophical statement about origins, causality, and the limits of material explanation.
Begining of human: Darwins scheme or divine design?
The Islamic account of Adam (human) does not demand that science become religious. It demands only that science becomes honest about its limits.