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The rise and fall of innovation in the Muslim world Going back to the past to save the future. Today, like the connectivity created by Ismail Abu Taqiyya, the world wide web has connected economies in ways never thought possible. other cultural institutions have reacted with suspicion toward new technology, and in some cases, these in-place institutions have even limited access to emerging technologies. VoIP, for example, is a convenient, low-cost means of data sharing yet this technology is not readily available in some Near-and MiddleEast countries despite the obvious benefits of global communications at lowered cost. Social sites, which are breeding grounds for innovative thought, are banned by certain governments in the region. The reasons behind the Middle East’s reluctance to embrace these new technologies will leave these nations behind as new layers of technology are created by entrepreneurs in countries that encourage, finance and support innovation. This wasn’t always the case. In fact, the Middle East, for many centuries, was the commercial hub of the known world. Caravans brought goods to markets. Trade routes were well-established and Muslim entrepreneurs led the rest of the world in the development of commerce. The region was the world’s marketplace and hub of innovation. What is innovation? Innovation is the ability to envision the solution to a problem. In 199,Yahoo introduced the first, primitive search engine and for several years, this company controlled the search engine market. In 1998, Google became a corporation founded by two Stanford University graduates, Larry Page and Sergey Brin.The two innovators developed a more sophisticated algorithm to deliver more relevant search engine results and, in two years, overtook Yahoo as the leading search engine in the West. Innovation continues across the manufacturing and technology spectrum, ignoring international boundaries and creating new dynamics such as digital networking, outsourcing and cultural engagement across ethnic, religious and political lines to immeasurable degrees. However, countries in the Middle- and Near-East have been slow to adapt web-based innovation, leaving this region to fall further behind in technology advancement and, on a more practical level, to fall further behind in the growth of an entrepreneurial class. Instead, many Middle-East governments and Today, the region is not growing technologically as quickly as the rest of the world, and engagement with other cultures is often curtailed by government edict or religious decree.  www.digitaldaya.com