Today, I received a copy of the psychology exam for the masters in neurology and psychiatry at Ain Shams university. The students were given this brief essay question "You are asked to assess the thinking of a famous politician through watching him in TV show. Discuss briefly the standards you will look for during your assessments." (see photo above Q3.B)

My gosh! This comes almost a week after I wrote an article explaining why …

مقالي عن قيام بعض الأطباء النفسيين بتشخيص سياسين من عن بعد ومشكلة فحص المرشحين الرئاسيين نفسيا

I wrote an article for Mada on the unethical practice of diagnosing politicians from a distance.

I get irritated when I see psychiatrists, some of whom taught me the profession, using the stigma of mental illness to strike low blows at political opponents, instead of using their social and scientific knowledge to educate people about mental health and advocate against discrimination.

Over the past four years, renowned psychiatrists have been invited on television talk shows …

The nice and patient people at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP) invited me to write a piece on the Koftagate scandal. You can read it here or below ↓.

Five months ago, Egypt's Military Engineering Authority announced that by June 30, 2014, they would be able to cure those living with HIV/AIDS and the Hepatitis C virus (HCV). They gave hope to millions of patients; the message was: "Finally we will get …

أشتريت من موقع إيباي جهاز عجيب جداً، في رحلتي لفضح جهاز الهيئة الهندسية للكشف عن الفيروسات عرفت ان جهاز جوفر للكشف عن كرات الجولف هو الجهاز الأصلي الّ بعد كده أعاد إبتكاره رجل الأعمال البريطاني النصاب ال باعه للعراق بملايين الدولارات وبعد كده أتحبس واتحكم عليه بعشر سنوات سجن.

ملخص لمؤتمر صحفي عقدته الهيئة الهندسية بخصوص مزاعمها بإبتكار علاج جديد لعلاج الفيروسات

This is a very simple 2D simulator of the C-Fast device. Here I want to show that minor mouse movement are translated by the unstable hinge system into bigger movement. Thus try moving the antenna while looking at your hand, you will notice that it will be hardly moving.

This is an approximation of how the C-Fast virus detection device works. Also a chance for me to play with Processing.js :-)

For more information see …

Egyptian Army Engineering Authority (EA) is organising a press conference tomorrow at the Qubba Military Hospital at 10:00am. According to Youm7 and Watan they will announce new information about 'their successes in the treatment of HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C' using their newly invented devices.

It is important to remember that there are two devices in the whole #koftagate story:

A: The diagnostic devices: (Fast series) Including C-Fast that allegedly diagnoses Hepatitis C. This …

El-Youm El-Sabe3 published an update on the Egyptian military devices that detect and treat Hepatitis C and HIV. Based on a military source the newspaper conveys the following points:

• 70,000 applied for treatment by email
• The device treated 1000 patients till now. Including judges, deputy ministers and doctors
• Treatment started in Abbasseya hospital (not clear which one) and Almaza military hospital. 100% of cases of HIV were cured. 97% of Hepatitis C.
• Foreign patients …

MIT virologist Islam Hussein Ph.D. made two super detailed videos debunking koftagate. He shared on twitter that the whole story is causing him too much stress. Please watch and share the videos as much as you can

عالم الفيروسات بمعهد ماساتشوستس للتكنولوجيا الدكتور إسلام حسين نشر فيدوهات مُفصلة ترد على الإدعائات الخاصة بجهاز الكشف وعلاج الفيروسات. الدكتور قال لي على تويتر ان الموضوع يعرضه لضغط شديد جدا لعدم قدرته على الوصول للناس لشرح …