Dr Abdullah Raja
Contributor, Renaissance · Al-Nahda
Articles by Dr Abdullah Raja
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August 2025
Summer 2025 — Al-Andalus
Science
Al-Zahrawi: The Father of Surgery
The tenth-century Andalusian surgeon Abū al-Qāsim al-Zahrāwī compiled Kitab al-Tasrif — a medical encyclopaedia that shaped surgical practice in Europe for five hundred years. A study of the man who taught the West how to operate.
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August 2023
Summer 2023
Psychology
The Motivated Muslim: Bridging Neuroscience and Islamic Wisdom
An exploration of the neuroscience behind motivation and its connection to fluctuating levels of iman, offering four practical methods rooted in both modern psychology and Prophetic tradition to strengthen faith through dopamine-driven action.