THE AMBASSADORS
THE AMBASSADORS
LETTERS
Volume 1,
Issues 3
November 1998
This section of the magazine will be dedicated to presenting responses, letters, consultations and queries about previous issues. The editorial staff of The Ambassadors would like to thank all readers who have visited the magazine and sent their congratulations, comments, criticism and support. This LETTERS section contains a sample of the comments we received on the previous issue. All back issues of the magazine are now available in the ARCHIVES section.
COMMENTS
Overall, I am quite impressed with the content,
style, and appearance of your magazine.
My congratulations to you and your colleagues for this wonderful
and timely publication.
Prof. Yahya Kamalipour, Hammond,
Indiana, USA.
I have looked at the Ambassadors site and found
it very interesting. Would it be possible
to give slightly more information about the links on the home
page so a reader could know
what to expect by clicking on, for example, Megastars? I
enjoyed your reporting
about the AUSACE convention.
Prof. Douglas Barthlow, Atlanta,
Georgia, USA
The Ambassadors has already established a very
high standard.
Prof. John A. Raeburn, Nottingham
University, UK
The magazine is very well done, with excellent
taste, and an
interesting variety of issues. It deals with issues of
actuality that are presented in a very easily readable manner.
Prof. Vazken M. Der Kaloustian, McGill
University, Montreal, Canada
Your magazine is a fresh voice unpolluted by
commercialism. It was also a pleasant
surprise to find poetry from Ms Hala El-Banna (International
Poetry Hall of Famer).
I wish you wide and long run of success.
Suresh Jois
Congratulation, for this great work and effort
to produce Ambassadors, I hope that you
continue with this great work and all the best
Dr. Hany Milio, MD, Newfoundland,
Canada
I'll very pleased if you want any service to be
done to enhance the AMBASSAORS further
Nader Wahba, Cairo, Egypt
Congratulations for the big effort. The
Ambassadors is a great thing, full of ideas. Well done.
Dr. Makia Marafie, Nottingham, UK
I would like to greet the Editorial Board of
the Ambassadors
magazine, which looks like a newly born giant. It is a very
informative
and covers a wide scope of subjects making it a very unique
magazine. Congratulations and we are eager to see more of its
very interesting issues.
Dr. Mohamed A. El-Ghawabi,
Consultant Pediatrition, Kuwait
The Barrington Group, Inc. found you listed
among publications on Yahoo. We
feel that there is a potential relationship between our firm and
your forum, and
we would like to make article submissions.
Philip LaMar, Jr, JD, Panama
I continually hear that polls taken for
President Clinton are for him because of what
he has done for the country. Where is poll that expresses his
character, that we
can vote for impeachment. At least get across to our politicians
that he should at the
least resign his position not just because of a morale issue,
though that is important,
but because he has repeatedly lied,abused his power, and is not
willing to say
or admit to it. Stop making it a democratic/republican issue, and
tell them
to explain it totheir kids that what President Clinton is okay as
long as you can do
a good job for the country, in fact let us tell all our prisoners
it is okay to!!
Impeach the President!!!
Mike Miller, USA
Congratulations to my
colleagues Dr.Leilla Bastaki MBBCH (Cairo), MSc (Glasgow),
MD (Ain Shams) for being awarded the MD certification in Medical
Genetics
from Ain Shams University and for your excellent work in the
molecular study of muscular
dystrophies. The Ambassadors also hopes to congratulate our
colleague Dr. Makia J.
Marafie MBBCH (Cairo), MSc. (London) very soon when she completes
her PhD
in the molecular study of breast cancer (BRC A1 &A2) at
Nottingham University, UK.
Dr. T.I. Farag
Consultation
Dr. Samir A. Mady, MD Consultant Pediatrician in Jahra Regional Hospital, Kuwait sent a letter and complete reports to the Ambassadors concerning A.S., a 17-year old intelligent patient with autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa who was born to first-cousin parents and has two normal sibs. He showed congenital nystagmus, progressive visual impairment, night blindness, contracted visual fields and pigmented retinae. The diagnosis was confirmed by distinguished opthalmologists. Dr. Mady's questions are: Is there any university which can accept A.S. to complete his studies with his visual impairment? Is there any spectacles which can magnify words and pictures to improve his visual acuity?
According to my knowledge, most accredited universities in North America and Europe are equipped to deal with similar problems students face. In fact, the majority of post-secondary academic institutions have at least one full-time staff member specialized in the care of students with disabilities. We encourage A.S. to send his application material to different universities without reservation. For instance, Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada has a completely facilitated campus for all students with similar problems. It may be worth noting that some of the world's most distinguished intellects are physically impaired, including renowned physicist Dr. Stephen Hawkins and Dr. Taha Hussein. Regarding possible visual aids, we hope that by publishing your query, we will receive new and innovative information about discoveries helping patients with retinitis pigmentosa cope with their impairment and pursue their studies.
Dr. T.I. Farag FRCP (Edin)
