Featured Todayمختارات اليوم
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Analysis
Using Artificial Intelligence to Read Arabic Comics
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Analysis
An Influential Arab Scholar Focuses on the Health of Mothers and Newborns
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Analysis
An Istanbul Murder Echoes in the New York Art Scene
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Resources
Major Scholarship Programs for Refugees
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Analysis
Foundation Gives Young Lebanese Designers a Boost
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For Emirati Artist Farah Al Qasimi, Her Photographs ‘Filter’ Her World
Teaching and working in New York, the artist opens viewers to new possibilities of seeing the mundane with curiosity and wonder.
Featured Todayمختارات اليوم
Previous Coverageتغطيات سابقة
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Arab Artists at the World’s Premier Art Event: ‘Art in an Era of Lies’
The Venice Biennale displays the strengths of Arab artists working today and some of the political pitfalls that can await them.
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Turkey’s ‘Soft Power’ in Syria: A University With Accredited Degrees
A Turkish university offers a new chance at accredited degrees for Syrians in opposition-held territory, but it is difficult for many of them to reach.
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An Iraqi Artist Explores the Spiritual Echoes of Migration
Through animation and painting, Sadik Kwaish Alfraji confronts the human condition of having to leave one’s home and settle elsewhere.
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University Students in Egypt Help Protect the Nile
A civil-society project trains student volunteers to help build environmental awareness and participate in conservation efforts.
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Mona Jebril, a Palestinian, Looks at ‘Hidden Injuries’ That Limit Education
A scholar who left Gaza to study in the United Kingdom writes and speaks about improving education in her homeland, and the restrictions on it.
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Peace Engineering, a Budding New Discipline, May Spread to the Middle East
The emerging field encourages engineers to think about how technology and plans for rebuilding cities could contribute to—or hinder—peace and social cohesion.
Technology & Online Learning
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Egypt Turns Its Scientific Attention to Space
A series of government and university efforts, including the launch of a new satellite, are signs of the country’s redoubled effort to take advantage of space technology.
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What the Science of Learning Says About Improving Online Courses
An online course can be viewed as a learning experiment, with instructors collecting data on student use and making adjustments over time.
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3 Key Lessons for Online or Blended Education
A journalist who is a veteran in covering technology and education offers some research-based advice for those in the early stages of experimenting with online courses.
Students
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Refugee Education: Often-Discussed Problems Find Few Quick Solutions
International donors are still looking for ways to better support Syrian refugee education and employment amid a lack of opportunities for returning safely to their country.
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Algeria’s Student Strikes Put the Current Academic Year at Risk
Protests in support of a movement demanding government change have halted classes and exams at many universities.
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Universities in Syria’s Opposition-Held Areas Face an Uncertain Future
Students attending Syrian universities in those areas controlled by opposition forces are having to confront the reality that they may not finish their degrees.
Opinion
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Advanced Interdisciplinary Programs Place New Demands on Professors
Professors need to adjust course designs and teaching styles to adapt to the increasingly popular interdisciplinary degree programs at the master’s degree and doctoral levels.
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University Press Draws New Readers for Renowned Syrian Playwright
The late Saadallah Wannous explored the meaning of human liberation, both personal and political. His work has been collected now for English speakers.
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An Artist Claims Her Place With Sculptural Statements
The Saudi conceptual artist Filwa Nazer redefines herself in works that explore inner spaces and the “skins” people don to protect them.
Resources
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Major Scholarship Programs for Refugees
Although some scholarship programs for Syrians have ended, some are still expanding.
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What Science Says About Getting Good Sleep
Sleep scientists say research points to specific measures people can take to get a better night’s rest.
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Improving Educational Opportunities For Youth Inside Syria
Participants in a Beirut workshop developed recommendations to improve the access of youth inside Syria to quality higher education.
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Egypt Turns Its Scientific Attention to Space
A series of government and university efforts, including the launch of a new satellite, are signs of the country’s redoubled effort to take advantage of space...
Mona Jebril, a Palestinian, Looks at ‘Hidden Injuries’ That Limit Education
A scholar who left Gaza to study in the United Kingdom writes and speaks about improving education in her homeland, and the restrictions on it.
An Online Arabic Dictionary Makes Its Debut
A tool created at Birzeit University will take machine translation of Arabic to a higher level.
A New Certificate Measures Arabic Language Proficiency
A Paris-based organization provides the certificate, which is based on a widely used standard for measuring levels of proficiency in many languages.
