Opinion
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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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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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Book Explores What Iraq Must Do to Improve Its Education System
The Iraqi academic Mohamed Al-Rubeai discusses the problems of his country’s education system and how to improve it.
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Preparing for the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Top Skills and Careers
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is changing the labour market at a rapid pace. Continuous learning, upskilling and reskilling are essential…
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Making Prisons Visible: The Work of the MENA Prison Forum
The MENA Prison Forum, launched in 2018, researches and documents prisons and prisoners’ experiences across the region. Its resources include…
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A Survey Reveals How the Pandemic Has Hurt MENA Research
A survey of scholars done in the late spring and early summer that included researchers who study the MENA region…
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African-Iraqis Also Need the Black Lives Matter Movement
As the global movement against racism grows, it’s time for the Arab world to look at similar racial discrimination in…
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Why Tunisia’s Once Superior Education System Needs to Reform Again
A long tradition of progressive reform prepared the country for independence in 1957. But now its universities are seen as…
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A New York Exhibition Unravels the Complexities of Contemporary Algerian Art
Waiting for Omar Gatlato, the first major survey of contemporary Algerian art in the United States, asserts the need to…
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