by Omar Meriwani | Apr 21, 2017 | Superstition
After the huge destruction in private and governmental media and educational institutes in Arabic speaking countries, we are currently witnessing new phenomenon: religious superstition satellite channels. Satellite channels which promote deceitfulness, fraud, magic...
by Omar Meriwani | Jun 27, 2016 | Philosophy
Memes are units of cultural inheritance, like genes. But they represent an evolutionary approach for understanding the mind, culture, and language. Richard Dawkins put his memes (memetics) theory in 1976, and it has been one of the unique ideas that tried to create a...
by Omar Meriwani | Jun 8, 2016 | Superstition
The scientific reason behind the rejection of evil eye as superstition, especially the belief that someone envies you, can be explained as a result of people’s submission to the effects of rumors without testing or questioning their validity. When someone is known for...
by Omar Meriwani | Mar 28, 2016 | Superstition
Iraqi people in Arab areas are used to what they call “crackling harmal” which they believe it can protect the evil eye dangerous, the reason behind it’s popularity could, however, go beyond superstitions to the hallucinogenic effects of Peganum Harmala Ancient Greeks...
