%0 Journal Article %T Ibn Al Haitham (Abu Ali Hassan Ibn Al Haitham) (965–1038) %D 2002 %J Qatar Medical Journal, %V 2002 %N 2 %@ 2227-0426 %C 6 %R https://doi.org/10.5339/qmj.2002.2.6 %I Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press), %X Abu Ali Hassan Ibn Al Haitham was one of the most eminent physicists, whose contributions to optics and the scientific methods are outstanding. Known in the West as Alhazen, Ibn Al Haitham was born in 965 A.D. in Basrah, and was educated in Basrah and Baghdad (Iraq). %U https://www.qscience.com/content/journals/10.5339/qmj.2002.2.6