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  2. Avi Golan, I am interested in your work however hesitant that you may be pro-zionism. Please clarify as I see you are different from other Israelis, mentioning you focused on highlighting talented arab students (which is great to hear), and hoping that you stand in support of the Palestinians today.

  3. I hesitated to delete your “comment”. There is plenty of room for political discussions in the press or on social networks. I decided not to delete the comment but also not to open another political debate here. The world around us is full of evil and violence here in the Middle East but also in Ukraine, Sudan, and other places. This blog is dedicated to an outstanding engineer from the 12th century, and I want it to keep it that way. Additional comments not dealing with the Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices or Ibn Ismail Ibn al-Rasas al-Jazri will be deleted immediately.

  4. Hi, came across Al-Jazari a few months ago and am fascinated by his work. Great to see your blog. I am trying to find out about any models that enthusiasts have built, using his design info. and have come across the Elephant Water Clock at a mall in Dubai, and one is Switzerland. Have you ever built a model or aware of any by others? thanks.

  5. Dear seggysegaran,
    I did not visit Dubai, but I suspect the elephant clock there is not a “working replica,” i.e., it is not using Al-Jazari’s design but modern technology. (I did not find any evidence for the submerging float?) I heard there is one at the Museum of Science & Technology in Islam (MOSTI) at KAUST in Saudi Arabia, but this is not accessible to me. This is the Peacock clock I built a few years ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68VFmXSRlaM, and I am in the process of building the elephant clock: https://aljazaribook.com/en/2025/07/11/the-elephant-clock-a-question-of-energy/

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