Abstract :
It is an inconvenient truth that for many people tragedy, violence,
and bloodshed are more attractive than routine daily
peaceful life, hence the journalistic mantra “if it bleeds, it
leads.” The Middle East, also known as “the cradle of civilization,”
is usually called “the cross-roads of the world” and appears prominently
in the media for its long-lasting geopolitical turmoil. Consequently,
images of bloodshed dominate the Western imagination
of the region. These changes, however, have seriously affected science
production so that one cannot study the science growth of the
region without considering its geopolitical changes.
