Opinion
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How to Start World-Class Science in Your Home Country
Rana Dajani studied in the West now leads top-calibre research from her lab in Jordan. She shares from her own…
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Navigating the Impact of Social Media and Strategies for Healthy Digital Habits
A professor in Dubai offers tips on how to engage with social media in a healthy way and how to…
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Using Outer Space as a Safe Space in Your Courses
From the evolution of life to settler colonialism, controversial topics are often most freely discussed if imagined off the Earth,…
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10 Essential Questions to Reimagine Higher Education in the Era of Artificial Intelligence
AI offers a horizon of infinite possibilities for higher education, but also poses dilemmas that educators must address. A scholar…
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Doing Better Science by Including Local Researchers and Communities
Rana Dajani offers insights and examples of how including local researchers helped scientists improve their studies, do better science, and…
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Focus on Critical Thinking Skills to Help Meet AI’s Challenge to Future Jobs
Developing critical thinking skills, which are difficult to be replaced by artificial intelligence, offers a path for universities to help…
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Roles for Arab Academics in Confronting Israel’s War on Gaza
The Egyptian academic Tarek Kapiel reflects on a recent panel discussion titled “How Can Arab Academics Support the Palestinian Cause?”…
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After COP28, How Can We Promote Climate Education in Schools and Universities?
With COP28, the United Nations climate-change summit in Dubai, scheduled to conclude on Tuesday, now is a good time to…
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How to Make Students Feel Cared for in Spaces Increasingly Filled with Technology
Beyond using powerful software, teachers should cultivate the soft skills that make us human, argues a history professor in Qatar.
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Discussing Palestine with Youth
An academic suggests small actions professors and parents can take to support the Palestinian cause in as constructive a way…
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