Featured Todayمختارات اليوم
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Analysis
Keeping an Eye on Blindness, A Regional Issue
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Analysis
Helping Libyan Professors Become Better Teachers
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Analysis
Professors’ Strike at Lebanon’s Only Public University Reveals Social and Economic Gaps
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Analysis
Sleepless in Beirut: A Health Risk
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Analysis
Using Artificial Intelligence to Read Arabic Comics
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Teachers’ Strike in Jordan Ends After the Government Agrees to a 35 Percent Raise
The rare public-sector walkout drew sympathy from citizens also caught between stagnant wages and rising costs in a debt-burdened economy
Featured Todayمختارات اليوم
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Analysis
Keeping an Eye on Blindness, A Regional Issue
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Analysis
Syrian Academics Get Secure Jobs in Turkey
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Opinion
The Lack of Academic Documents is Ending Young Peoples’ Dreams
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Resources
How Researchers Can Avoid Being Victims of Fake Journals
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Analysis
A Regional Survey: How Arab Countries Regulate Quality in Higher Education
Previous Coverageتغطيات سابقة
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Sudan’s Academic Year Begins—But Only for a Few Universities
Public universities have permission to reopen, but security concerns and academic issues are causing delays. Some private universities are holding classes.
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Female Genital Mutilation Is a Stubborn Problem, but Education Helps
New research shows that educating teenage girls about the risks of female genital mutilation changes their opinions to view it less favorably, but experts say that alone won’t work.
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Exhibition Combines Research and Painting to Portray Modern Slavery’s Survivors
Syrian artist Sara Shamma uses strong color and powerful brushstrokes to portray human traffickers, women who have survived being trafficked, and the emotions swirling inside them.
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Programs Help High School Students Find the Right Academic Path
Initiatives in Jordan and Lebanon help high school students find a focus for their university studies that is a good fit for them.
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In Algeria, the Academic Year Gets Off to a Chaotic Start
Professors and administrators scramble to catch up on exams and student registrations that were forcibly postponed by a ministerial decree after demonstrations earlier this year.
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Turkey Becomes a Test Case for Including Refugees in Its Economy
The country with the largest economy in the Middle East and the most Syrian refugees is seeking to find a place for them in its business landscape.
Refugees
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Majority of Refugees in Germany Aspiring to Higher Education Have Been Admitted
A poll by an organization that helps refugees apply to German universities found a high satisfaction rate, but also struggles with language and costs.
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Teachers Can Help Refugee Students’ Mental Health, Report Says
A UNESCO policy paper calls on schools and teachers to detect and treat the mental-health problems of refugee pupils. Many of the recommendations are relevant to universities.
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The Push to Expand Refugee Access to Higher Education
At a conference in Berlin this week, international organizations discussed how to improve the ability of refugees around the world to enroll in higher education.
Quality Control
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Kuwait and Qatar Slash the Number of Jordanian Universities They Will Recognize
The decisions of some Gulf countries to cancel their recognition of some Jordanian universities’ degrees have renewed debate about educational quality in the kingdom.
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For Gaza’s Besieged Universities, Reform Is Low on the Agenda
Students and lecturers at Gaza’s universities see many areas that could be improved, but amid larger political and economic worries, there’s little appetite for reform.
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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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How Can Young Saudi Men Be Brought Into the Private Sector?
New research reveals that, despite the Vision 2030 plan, the majority still expect a public-sector job for life. But a shift in approach to education could change that.
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A New Museum in Lebanon Raises Questions About Archaeological Looting
Experts acknowledge the “noble intentions” of the privately owned Nabu Museum north of Beirut, but a debate also simmers over items in its collection that came from Iraq.
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Palestine Festival for Literature Shifts Its Perspective
The literary festival links Palestine to global struggles for self-determination and control of resources.
Resources
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An Arab Student’s Guide to Higher-Education Accreditation
This article is an updated companion to our searchable database of internationally accredited higher-education institutions and programs in the Arab world and Turkey. The database has also been refreshed after …
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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.
What Others are Reading
Why the Split Between Classical and Everyday Arabic Endures
If Arabs want a true lingua franca, they must ease the rigid boundaries they’ve set up between the local dialects and the formal language.
Arab Women Fight Back Against Online Sexual Harassment
Cyberspace has become a place where some men stalk, attack, and seek to humiliate women. Now women, universities, and private organizations are mounting digital...
Female Genital Mutilation Is a Stubborn Problem, but Education Helps
New research shows that educating teenage girls about the risks of female genital mutilation changes their opinions to view it less favorably, but experts say t...
Exhibition Combines Research and Painting to Portray Modern Slavery’s Survivors
Syrian artist Sara Shamma uses strong color and powerful brushstrokes to portray human traffickers, women who have survived being trafficked, and the emotions s...
