Who was born earlier, Habash al-Hasib al-Marwazi or Mostafa El-Sayed?
Habash al-Hasib al-Marwazi Ahmad ibn 'Abdallah Habash Hasib Marwazi (766 - d. after 869 in Samarra, Iraq ) was a Persian astronomer, geographer, and mathematician from Merv in Khorasan who for the first time described the trigonometric ratios: sine, cosine, tangent and cotangent.
Mohammed Ghazy Al-Akhras Mohammed Gahzy Al-Akhras (Arabic:محمد غازي الأخرس; born 17 June 1967) is an Iraqi Arabic writer and journalist. He is known for his moderate political and social opinions, mainly through his daily column in Al Sabaah and his program on the al-Hurra TV channel, "Abwab" (the Arabic word for "doors"). He has authored several books dealing with the cultural environment in the Arab – particularly the Iraqi – world. The most prominent of his works is "Khareef al-Muthaqqaf al-Iraqi" ("The Fall of Intellect in Iraq"). This book was controversial upon publication, and received praise as well as criticism from reviewers.